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Tony Abbott

Australia agrees to include climate change on G20 agenda

Australia agrees to include climate change on G20 agenda

NEWS: Tony Abbott grudgingly inserts paragraph on climate change, in line with international demands

Rising seas could sink Australian coastal cities - report

Rising seas could sink Australian coastal cities – report

NEWS: Sydney Opera House at risk as rising sea levels sea levels linked to climate change threaten Australian coast

Abbott blow as Senate votes to delay carbon tax axe

Abbott blow as Senate votes to delay carbon tax axe

NEWS: Government accused of deceiving allies as vote to cut Australia’s main climate law ends in farce

Australia facing 'unprecedented rise in climate denial'

Australia facing ‘unprecedented rise in climate denial’

NEWS: Head of independent Climate Council Tim Flannery says politicians and the media are complicit in spreading misinformation

Australian bishop accuses Tony Abbott of "denigrating" climate science

Australian bishop accuses Tony Abbott of “denigrating” climate science

NEWS: Climate pressure ramped up on Prime Minister, as Anglican church backs moves to ditch oil, gas and coal holdings

Abbott blow as Senate ally Palmer blocks Climate Change Authority axe

Abbott blow as Senate ally Palmer blocks Climate Change Authority axe

NEWS: Clive Palmer announces support for climate action after Al Gore meeting, but still backs Australian carbon tax repeal

Abbott declines invite to Ban Ki-moon climate summit

Abbott declines invite to Ban Ki-moon climate summit

NEWS: Australian prime minister says he will not be among world leaders attending climate summit in New York

Australia's climate policies on verge of meltdown

Australia’s climate policies on verge of meltdown

NEWS: Tony Abbott’s ‘direct action’ policy could fail to pass Senate, leaving country’s carbon cutting plans in limbo

Australia in 2013: hotter, drier and more fires

Australia in 2013: hotter, drier and more fires

Australia almost a degree hotter than it was in 1910, says Bureau of Meteorology, as government tries to repeal climate laws

Australia climate cuts "insulting sovereignty of other countries"

Australia climate cuts “insulting sovereignty of other countries”

Chair of UK Climate Change Committee says Australian climate change backtracking “lets down whole British tradition”

Australian cities already hotter than 2030 forecasts

Australian cities already hotter than 2030 forecasts

In Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra, number of extremely hot days already exceed scientists’ projections for 2030

Australian MPs receive climate change-themed Valentine's Day cards

Australian MPs receive climate change-themed Valentine’s Day cards

Activists delivered roses and cards to the Australian Parliament this morning, asking MPs to “be the one” for climate action

Australia's scorcher: why was 2013 so hot?

Australia’s scorcher: why was 2013 so hot?

Last year was Australia’s hottest since records began. Graphs from the Bureau of Meteorology show how the temperature’s rising

Abbott urged to rethink climate policies after Australia's hottest year

Abbott urged to rethink climate policies after Australia’s hottest year

Friday’s top 5: Australian PM urged to keep carbon pricing, Chinese icebreaker struggles in Antarctic ice, and Ford displays new solar electric car

Tony Abbott could scrap Australia's renewables target

Tony Abbott could scrap Australia’s renewables target

Wednesday’s top 5: Australia says clean energy target could be scrapped, Chevron accused of breaking environmental laws, UK opened for fracking

Australia should adopt '25% emissions reduction target'

Australia should adopt ‘25% emissions reduction target’

Report calls Australia’s 5% target inadequate but government has refused further funding to increase this

Dubai diversifies energy supply with first solar plant

Dubai diversifies energy supply with first solar plant

Morning summary: Dubai switches on first solar plant; Tony Abbott has dig at UN climate chief; and Chinese city closes schools due to air pollution

Comment: IPCC will show Australia that physics trumps politics

Comment: IPCC will show Australia that physics trumps politics

IPCC won’t turn Abbott into an environmentalist, but its impact will endure beyond the Coalition, says Erwin Jackson of Australia’s Climate Institute

Australia Climate Commission starts fightback against Abbott cuts

Australia Climate Commission starts fightback against Abbott cuts

Climate Commission is resurrected as independent body as Australian PM begins regressive action on climate change

Direct Action: should we give Tony Abbott’s climate plan a chance?

Direct Action: should we give Tony Abbott’s climate plan a chance?

Anthony Hobley from Norton Rose Fulbright asks if the new Coalition’s Direct Action Plan is an end to Climate Action or simply a case of clever re-branding?

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