As the Coalition went to war with itself over emissions targets, Quad leaders recommitted to goals that would require Australia to exit coal power by 2040.
Every Australian state and territory has committed to net zero by 2050, but the Morrison-led government won't make the same pledge.
Australia should not be a climate laggard at Glasgow.
Climate measures in a massive $3.5 trillion economic plan would transform the U.S. energy system.
The announcement provides needed momentum for global climate change negotiations in November, but coal power is expected to keep growing within China itself.
More than half of the Australians surveyed in the Resolve Political Monitor also want a stronger emissions reduction target for 2030.
Avoided deforestation’ projects do not represent genuine abatement, say researchers who liken the Coalition policy to ‘cheap tricks and hot air
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Amid the background of government inaction on emissions, climate litigation is on the rise.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will convene a heads-of-state-level gathering
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