Paris Agreement
Editorial
Sydney councils
Rules to retain and enhance our once ‘leafy suburbs’ are welcome
Woollahra Municipal Council has passed new planning rules that require properties to have a tree canopy of up to 35 per cent.
- The Herald's View
Latest
Record July heat prompts dire warning: Act now ‘or we all scorch and fry’
The warmest temperatures for tens of thousands of years are prompting yet more calls from experts for urgent action on climate.
- by Nick O'Malley
The hottest July in 120,000 years. What’s in store for Australia this summer?
The scorching heatwaves in Europe, Asia and America provide a glimpse into Australia’s near future and suggest the impacts of global warming might have been underestimated.
- by Nick O'Malley and Angus Dalton
Analysis
Climate policy
Germany’s sobering lesson for Albanese on climate ambitions
The unfortunate truth for progressive leaders around the world is that populist politics is alive and kicking when it comes to efforts to decarbonise economies.
- by Rob Harris
After mammoth negotiations, the world adopts a plan to cut shipping emissions
After long days of talks, haggling and compromise, some progress was made in London as nations came together.
- by Nick O'Malley
Trade winds: Shipping is turning back to sails after a century
The world is locked in debate over the cost of cutting maritime emissions. A few key players are quietly showing how an ancient technology can do it for free.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Emissions
$300 trillion is needed to stop global warming, and that’s a bargain
As shockingly large as this number may seem, it’s minimal compared with the likely price tag for doing nothing.
- by Mark Gongloff
‘Uncharted territory’: UN declares El Nino weather event as records near
As oceans and land warm to near-record temperatures and the United Nations declares an El Nino event has begun, scientists have warned the world is heading into uncharted territory.
- by Laura Chung
Exclusive
Climate policy
Australia sides with China, Russia in bid to sink Pacific nations’ climate plan
Despite the government’s vow to act on climate and strengthen ties with the Pacific, Australia has declined to back a plan to clean up global shipping.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Emissions
It’s a net loss for net zero: The perils of climate coercion
If political leaders persist in using the sledgehammer of legal bans to cut greenhouse emissions, they risk derailing the energy transition and perpetuating the expensive fossil fuel order.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
BlackRock raises $500m to build Australia’s biggest battery
The world’s biggest fund manager, BlackRock, has raised more than $500 million with co-investors to fund a giant battery in Australia.
- by Nick Toscano