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  • 14 Nov 2022
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    The race for lithium

    Antonia Flowers
    Global energy transition relies on a resource that Australia holds in abundance. But supply chains and policy are key.
  • 21 Sep 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    Making sense of Indonesia’s fuel riots

    Eduard Lazarus
    Cutting subsidies is a step in the right direction, but a more robust social safety net is ultimately a better fix.
  • 30 Jun 2022
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    In a puzzling trend, concern about climate change has plateaued

    Bec Colvin
    Latest polling shows emissions reduction may not have been the hot button issue that swayed the Australian electorate.
  • 28 Jun 2022
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    A minute to midnight: reversing environmental tipping points

    Tom Cernev
    Planetary boundaries and the role they play in global security are not as remote as they sound. And it’s time to listen.
  • 13 Sep 2021
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change
    • Technology

    Risks versus opportunities in national security thinking

    Albert Palazzo
    Conventional security logic is undergoing a revolution that includes renewable energy. Australia needs to get on board.
  • 31 May 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Climate change

    As varied as the weather: How public attitudes shape climate policy

    Bec Colvin
    Opinion surveys across the big emitters reveal the social complexity surrounding climate policy commitments.
  • 15 Feb 2021
    • Australia's Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Australia’s place in a decarbonising world economy

    Roland Rajah
    The economics of climate change are rapidly shifting, and that has opportunity for Australia.
  • 24 Jun 2020
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Australia’s shifting mood on climate change

    Bec Strating
    This year’s intense bushfires seemed like the event that would finally move climate policy. Then came Covid-19.
  • 12 Feb 2020
    • Australia and Climate Change

    Climate change, security, and the Australian bushfires

    Matt McDonald
    Australia‘s refusal to address the climate-security link has left it lagging. Will this season of fires change anything?
  • 3 Jan 2020
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian Public Opinion

    New Year on Australia’s fire ravaged coast

    Alex Oliver
    These first days of 2020 have been terrible as exhausted volunteers battle blazing fires in the bush and countryside.
  • 15 Oct 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia and the Pacific

    “Accepting the science”, rejecting the action

    Nic Maclellan
    If the Morrison government is on board with reducing emissions, as it seems to claim, it needs to step up its policies.
  • 7 Aug 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    Climate change is a national security issue

    Pat Conroy
    The Morrison government’s Pacific “Step Up” will stumble before it starts unless global warming is taken seriously.
  • 13 Mar 2019
    • Global Economy
    • Australia and Climate Change

    An orthodox economic take on climate change shocks

    Roland Rajah
    Climate change has a significant bearing on macroeconomic outcomes such as growth and inflation.
  • 7 Jan 2019
    • Global Issues
    • Australia and Climate Change

    How to save one million lives, and then millions more

    Alexandra Phelan
    Climate change is a health crisis: meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement would save lives.
  • 10 Jan 2018
    • Australia and Climate Change

    Finding Australia’s fair share of climate finance

    Nic Maclellan
    Practical action will meet a financial pledge to the poorest countries on the planet.
  • 23 Nov 2017
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia and the Pacific

    To lead in the Pacific, Australia must lead on climate change

    Greg Colton
    Australia’s position as the world’s largest coal exporter does not sit easy with many Pacific Islanders.
  • 23 Nov 2017
    • Global Economy
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Energy

    The global energy outlook and what it means for climate change

    Stephen Grenville
    The two-degree target is way beyond reach on the International Energy Agency’s base scenario.
  • 6 Nov 2017
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Energy

    The two Americas at COP23

    Adam Morton
    The Trump Administration will be the clear villain at the Bonn climate change talks.
  • 31 Jul 2017
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australia and Climate Change

    Climate change will place new pressures on LHD vessels

    Nic Maclellan
    If the ADF deploys for more humanitarian operations in the Pacific, its budget, equipment and personnel will be stressed.
  • 6 Jul 2017
    • Australia and Climate Change

    Three focus points for Turnbull at G20 summit

    Greg Colton
    The G20 should focus on climate change and Australia has an important role to play as a regional leader.
  • 14 Feb 2017
    • Australia and Climate Change

    US conservatives embrace carbon tax: Is there a message for Australia?

    Stephen Grenville
    This is a proposal whose main merit is its political economy mix.
  • 13 Dec 2016
    • Australia and Climate Change

    The Paris agreement and Australia’s electricity generation

    Stephen Grenville
    Policy needs to seize the best options in a complex industry.

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