Pacific
Pacific islanders: Shipping must comply with Paris climate goals
Representatives of four Pacific island nations join today at the IMO in London to ask the shipping industry to do its part to cut carbon emissions
Cash begins trickling out of Green Climate Fund
After a barrage of criticism, the UN’s primary climate fund has released $5.2m to a handful of projects
UN committee urges Australia to rethink support for Adani coal mine
Human rights review finds Australia’s coal production ambitions will contribute to dangerous climate change and asks government to reconsider
Australia: new climate policy, same old politics
A major review of Australian climate policy has been compromised by the malignant politics that has sent Australia to the back of the international pack
Adani’s Australian mine green light can’t change economics of coal
The ‘final investment decision’ taken by Adani this week leaves many near and long term questions unanswered about the project’s viability
Climate talks end in call for solidarity, but real Trump test is to come
A fortnight of climate talks in Bonn ran smoothly enough, but political tensions await Pacific island presidency at November summit
Acts of God: why secular climate projects fail in the Pacific
For communities in many poorer countries, including in the Pacific Islands, the most influential messages engage with people’s spiritual beliefs and involve religious leaders
Ocean acidification is global warming’s forgotten crisis
We have the tools to barricade ecosystems against some impacts of warmer, more acidic oceans. But do we have the political will to use them?
Pacific islands are on a collision course with the shipping industry
The shipping industry could undermine global climate efforts. But Pacific islands and EU nations are joining together to force them to change.
Fund considering Adani coal mine loan ‘obsessed with secrecy’
Experts say $5bn Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s repeated rejection of requests for information on Adani coal project loan has no basis in law
Supreme Court loss creates new problem for Adani’s Australian mine
Indian ruling means Adani will be unable to manipulate price of coal overseas then seek escalations in cost of power back home
To save communities from rising seas, we must open our ears
As modernity creeps into Tanna, Vanuatu, climate change is just one of many new challenges. We cannot fight the former without understanding the whole
Adani coal would not cut emissions – IEA expert
Australian ministers claim Carmichael mine would send cleaner coal to India than imports from elsewhere. This is false, says analyst from major global agency
Weekly wrap: Will China turn its back on coal?
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Climate change made NSW’s hottest summer 50 times more likely
Researchers find strong climate signal behind the heatwaves and record average temperatures that beset Australia’s eastern states this summer
Marshall Islands become first nation to ratify global HFC treaty
President hails Kigali deal as “good for our people, the planet, and the profits of those that follow in our footsteps”
100+ species face extinction as warming hits Australia’s southern waters
Scientists tell senate committee that marine animals and plants at Australia’s southern-most point have “nowhere to go” and will disappear this century
Australian Labor will not back 2030 renewable energy target
After political attacks, Labor says it will not legislate a renewable energy target, despite a policy promising to deliver a 50% share by 2030
Australia: Fires, floods, flying foxes and political farce
On a weekend rural communities suffered dangerous weather events, the government doubled down on coal
Philippines ready to ratify UN climate deal, says senator
Loren Legarda says Manila’s much-delayed ratification saga is edging to a conclusion – with formal approval of Paris deal imminent