Climate change is considered the ‘greatest threat to global health in the 21st century’, with sobering new data quantifying the extent humans are expected to suffer amid a deteriorating environment.
Miriam Fisher
Australia’s transition to net zero emissions will require a mining boom-like investment commitment by 2050 to help global economies keep a lid on climate change, the nation’s biggest lender predicts.
Daniel Newell
Small businesses wear up to 72 per cent of the billions of dollars of economic impact from catastrophic natural disasters, according to new research.
Adrian Lowe
‘In my view, we have to put society on a war footing . . . and get pretty close to net zero by 2030,’ Gondwana Link chief executive Keith Bradby Keith Bradby said.
Stuart McGuckin
Suncorp, which operates a fleet of insurance brands, expects a growing number of natural hazards will send home insurance prices up, after pushing through a near-10 per cent hike.
The US is a step closer to landmark climate change legislation after the Senate approved the Democrats' big election-year economic package.
Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Rose Horowitch
It’s been a case of two steps forward, one step back on climate action around the world in recent days.
Daniel Smith
Pictures of trees, a baby polar bear or two and the use of green-coloured packaging can all lead the consumer to mistakenly believe a product is environmentally friendly - when it is in fact far from it.
Gary Martin
Offshore wind zones could be declared off the WA coast with Labor starting to take the next steps in creating a new renewable energy industry.
Kimberley Caines
Almost 40 per cent of companies across the banking, insurance and superannuation industries say climate-related events could have a “material or moderate” impact on their operations.
Danielle Le Messurier
Labor’s climate Bill enshrining an emissions reduction target of 43 per cent by 2030 has passed the lower house with the support of the Greens, Independents, and a Liberal MP who crossed the floor.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the Greens' support of Labor’s climate Bill, saying it will “end the climate wars” and now is the time to get on with the job.
The Greens are due to decide their position on the federal government's climate bill, with the minor party's backing crucial to its success.
Andrew Brown, Dominic Giannini and Tess Ikonomou
Former RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle has warned companies must be planning for net zero emissions now because an investment in reducing emissions does not start in the year it is to take effect.
A new Labor MP has linked bushfires that destroyed Great Southern homes this summer to climate change, as the Albanese Government launches an attempt to enshrine its greenhouse gas reduction target in law.
Peter Law
A new report reveals many Australian businesses are struggling to find the skilled personnel they need to realise their sustainability goals.
Melissa Meehan
Australians must understand this week's grim report about the state of the environment is also a report about them, a leading environmental health expert says.
Tracey Ferrier
Rio Tinto’s plans to mine lithium and other minerals in the internationally-renowned jarrah forest around Dwellingup have sparked a protest outside Perth’s Central Law Courts.
Michael Traill
A Federal Government report into the state of Australia’s environment has found it is in poor condition and is deteriorating.
The forecast UK heatwave could prove a serious health risk, but it shouldn't stop people enjoying the sun, the government says.
Isobel Frodsham
The boss of WA Caterpillar dealer WesTrac says equipment providers should take a leaf out of the book of electric car giant Tesla and take a holistic view of battery-technology products.
In the wake of its controversial Roe v Wade decision, the US Supreme Court has now limited the Federal Government’s ability to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Staff Writers
The world must match the scale of emissions cuts caused by COVID-19 lockdowns if it wants to limit warming to 1.5C, a new report suggests.
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