24 Jun 2020 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.
10 Jun 2020 Climate change makes Covid-19 politics look easy Matt McDonald The coronavirus pandemic has led to all kinds of novel political calculations. Climate change needs even better ones.
11 May 2020 Can Covid-19 response be a model for climate action? Natasha Kassam , Noah Yim Mass behaviour change, policies guided by science, acting for the greater good: just what the climate crisis needs.
5 May 2020 Despite headwinds, China prepares for world’s largest carbon market Huw Slater A low-carbon economy is within China’s reach: it’s up to the provinces to make it work.
4 May 2020 Bob May – Professor of Everything Robyn Williams A scientist with a flexible mind and at times bluntly persuasive style guided PMs and the public alike.
4 May 2020 Parallel plotlines: The evolving stories of climate change and corona Bronwyn Lo How will history judge the global epilogues on two of the world’s greatest challenges?
30 Apr 2020 Winds of change: Rethinking disaster relief after Cyclone Harold Meg Keen , David Sanderson Local response teams and demand-driven solutions are key to climate change aid in the Pacific.
4 Feb 2020 Solastalgia: A malady for our age? Mark Beeson Dread at the state of the environment has been creeping in steadily. Now there’s a word for it.
23 Jan 2020 Learning from extinction Daniel Flitton With the spotlight on animals’ fate in Australia’s raging bushfires, perhaps a North American experience has answers.
22 Jan 2020 Japan has struck low in climate ambition Daniel Hurst Vague timeframes and inadequate emission reduction targets leave plenty of wiggle room in Abe Shinzo’s claims to lead.
16 Jan 2020 Economic diplomacy: Two big-C issues Greg Earl China and climate change are new realities both putting Australia to the test.
10 Jan 2020 Jakarta is flooding and its governor is sinking Erin Cook Despite promising new policies, the city’s new leader faces the same problems as the last, and few options.
9 Jan 2020 Climate leadership: An idea whose time has come? Mark Beeson The Canberra Bubble seems to stifle good ideas, so the challenge for citizens make our leaders take security seriously.
3 Jan 2020 Best of The Interpreter 2019: The rising climate chorus The Interpreter For a world joined by an ideal of united nations, the response to global warming has shown anything but.
17 Dec 2019 Favourites of 2019: Ross Garnaut on climate Stephen Grenville Escaping the gloomy view, a positive look at the opportunities for renewable power might just match the public mood.
11 Dec 2019 Should you lie to your children about reality? Mark Beeson Protecting young people from terrible truths may just be good for them – until it isn’t anymore.
21 Nov 2019 Chart of the week: The climate cost Natasha Kassam Polls suggest a majority of Australians want action on global warming, even at a cost – but politics tells us otherwise.
19 Nov 2019 Book review: The chance to actually change the climate Mark Beeson Getting something done about global warming might seem a bit too good to be true, but good policy ideas demand action.
30 Oct 2019 See you in court? A rising tide of international climate litigation Tim Stephens Vanuatu is pushing for international courts to tackle the climate crisis in a move that could put the heat on Australia.
17 Oct 2019 China’s carbon emissions trading scheme: Smoke and mirrors Fergus Green , Lauri Myllyvirta China has adopted a scheme to reduce carbon intensity, but that is not the most effective way to reduce CO2 emissions.
20 Sep 2019 National identity cannot be separated from the climate of the times Mark Beeson , Farida Fozdar Stubborn transnational problems – especially global warming – pose a particular challenge for Western democracies.
4 Sep 2019 In Java, the water is running out Kate Walton Drought, pollution, and poor resource management threaten Indonesia's most populous island with total water scarcity.
28 Aug 2019 The Kainaki II Declaration is a signal of Pacific strength Dame Meg Taylor This amounts to the strongest statement the Pacific Islands Forum has ever issued collectively on climate change.
16 Aug 2019 Keep calm and fly on … unless someone stops me Mark Beeson As flygskam fever erupts, why not ration frequent flyers to save a global cost of travel on the flimsiest of pretexts?
7 Aug 2019 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.
16 Jul 2019 India’s latest crisis: 600 million people struggle with drought Edmond Roy Cities have been forced to truck in drinking water, farms are failing, and the situation grows more desperate.
26 Jun 2019 Are Australians more worried about climate change or climate policy? Matt McDonald Climate change is again on the public mind but this didn’t translate to a strong message at the ballot box for action.
30 Apr 2019 Adapting to climate change: the priority for Australia Johanna Nalau Understanding the “new normal” to protect people’s livelihoods should be at the core of the next government’s agenda.
9 Apr 2019 Can technology save ASEAN’s food supplies from climate change? Frederick Kuo A pressing need to feed a big population with little agricultural land and shirking fish stocks could spur innovation.
23 Jan 2019 Just how green is the Belt and Road? Kumuda Simpson China readily claims the mantle of environmental leadership, but its flagship infrastructure project has a cost.
19 Dec 2018 Russian gas will not stop China’s air pollution Dmitriy Frolovskiy Current measures are clearly insufficient to drastically improve air quality.
22 Oct 2018 Vietnam’s quandary: red or green? Greg Earl Vietnam is caught between Chinese rocks and a climate change hard place – and looks to partners like Australia for help.
10 Oct 2018 What to do about a warming planet Kumuda Simpson The IPCC report warns fundamental change on such a large scale will be difficult, but the alternative shapes as worse.
20 Sep 2018 Climate change, at the frontlines Wesley Morgan Pacific islands have declared climate change the “single greatest threat” to security, a significant shift in language.
13 Sep 2018 Explaining green and blue growth Kumuda Simpson Attaching an economic cost to natural resources might be one way to ensure they can be governed and managed sustainably.
22 Aug 2018 Rights for people forced out by climate change Jane McAdam , Walter Kälin The Global Migration Compact puts environmental displacement on the agenda, even if it lacks legal force.
15 Aug 2018 Working with China on Pacific climate change Lucie Greenwood Tackling a difficult problem might pave a way for wider cooperation between China, Australia, and New Zealand.
13 Jul 2018 Japan floods a warning for a changed climate Kumuda Simpson Failure to radically cut global carbon emissions will mean disasters such as that in Japan will become the new normal.
18 Apr 2018 Climate change and shifting alliances Kumuda Simpson The Maldives’ experience suggests the need to adapt to global warming could in the future be manipulated for political leverage.
13 Feb 2018 Climate change and security and why it’s so hard Kumuda Simpson The security implications of climate change must become part of Australia’s long-term Asia-Pacific policy.
14 Dec 2017 The Kyoto Protocol 20 years later: Heroes and villains Daniel Hurst Negotiators look back at a landmark agreement and the climate of exhaustion that ensued.
12 Dec 2017 Searching for sustainable energy in the Mekong Tom Fawthrop Southeast Asian governments are starting to wake up to the vast potential of solar energy.
8 Dec 2015 The finishing straight in Paris: Why the ratchet mechanism is (almost) everything Fergus Green