Pacific
The ‘laughing matter’ of Australia’s relationship with the Pacific
The Fijian PM used the Australian leader’s visit to call out his promotion of fossil fuels, showing Scott Morrison is on the wrong side in the Pacific as well as at home
Sydney and Melbourne vow to ditch coal power
Australian cities joined global alliance to end coal-fired power, while the federal government proposes using taxpayer cash to underwrite new plants
Lead or sue? Pacific islands take twin tracks on climate change
Vanuatu becomes the first nation state to threaten oil majors with climate damages lawsuits, while the Marshall Islands submits updated climate plan to the UN
Australia leads push to open UN shipping talks to media
Greater transparency would curb industry dominance in the International Maritime Organization, say campaigners, but key countries are opposed
Island president beats no-confidence vote, days before leading climate summit
Marshall Islands Hilda Heine narrowly defeated the motion, just days before she is due to open a virtual summit of climate-vulnerable nations
Five years after Typhoon Haiyan, a survivor calls climate polluters to account
Marielle Bacason’s life was turned upside down by the super storm; now she gives evidence to a London tribunal that oil companies have ignored
Australia won’t give money to Green Climate Fund, says PM
The country won’t withdraw from the Paris Agreement, but it’s not obliged to follow UN recommendations either, Scott Morrison said
Marshall Islands commit to going carbon-neutral by 2050
First plan of its kind from an island nation says adopting new shipping technologies ‘could have ripple effects across the international sector’
Record evacuations cut Typhoon Mangkhut death toll, says UN
Philippines learned life-saving lessons from 2013 Typhoon Haiyan as residents heeded warnings and fled their homes
End of coal power in Australia ‘inevitable’ – report
Market forces alone will see huge drop in coal use over next decade, academics find, adding that planning for a future without coal is ‘prudent risk management’
Australia joins Pacific to declare climate ‘single greatest’ security threat
Region of island states calls for the Paris Agreement to be upheld, with Australia joining despite recent political turmoil over climate policy
Australia’s new PM risks climate trade-off with EU
Scott Morrison is not expected to quit the Paris Agreement, as it could jeopardise ongoing trade talks with the EU, although he has no plan to meet climate targets
Ousted Australian PM: This government cannot address climate change
Turnbull says party is captured by ideologues with views not based in ‘engineering and economics’. He is replaced by treasurer who brought lump of coal to parliament
Australian leadership spill brings Paris climate exit into play
A challenge against Malcolm Turnbull, triggered by the collapse of a key energy policy, shows an anti-Paris faction is on the rise in Australia’s governing party
Australia: Conservative MPs gut emissions legislation, citing Trump
Leadership contest possible as prime minister Malcolm Turnbull withdraws centrepiece energy policy after failing to gain the support of his party
South Australia to hit 100% renewable power by 2025 – market operator
Contrary to federal government modelling, as old gas turbines switch off in the next decade, renewable electricity share will soar
Australia energy plan may breach Paris climate commitments
Government says it will lock in electricity emissions targets until 2024, undermining an international commitment to revisit its Paris target in 2023
Ecosystems across Australia are collapsing under climate change
The Great Barrier Reef has become a notorious victim of climate change. But it is not the only Australian ecosystem on the brink of collapse
Graphics of Marshall Islands sea level rise ‘brought EU ministers to tears’
Striking sea level rise images have sent shockwaves through the Marshallese community and touched European ministers, says minister David Paul
New Zealand zero carbon law may exempt its highest emitting sector
Jacinda Ardern promised radical carbon cuts, but one option under consultation allows the main greenhouse gases from farming to keep rising