Environment
Climate change
Opinion
Glasgow summit
Australia is running dead last among rich nations in the most important race humanity has ever faced
Ten days out from the global climate summit, Australia is again acting like a handbrake. No other developed nation has performed as badly in terms of past emissions or commitments to cut them.
- by Tim Flannery
Latest
‘A joke if it wasn’t so serious’: Australia lags developed countries on climate action
No Australian federal government “policies or discourses” were found to help manage a wind-down of fossil fuel production.
- by Nick O'Malley and Miki Perkins
Mike Cannon-Brookes pledges $1.5b to climate initiatives ahead of COP26
As COP26 talks loom, Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brooks has pledged to invest and donate $1.5 billion to help keep warming to 1.5 degrees.
- by Nick O'Malley
Editorial
Glasgow summit
PM’s climate shift is overdue but welcome. Now he needs to do more
The Coalition’s preference for politicking over policymaking has again left the nation’s future hostage to the politics of spectacle.
- The Age's View
‘Lead by example’: Former UN chief says Morrison must do more on climate
Former world leaders say Australia must step up its 2030 emission reductions targets to do its fair share on the global push to tackle climate change.
- by Nick O'Malley
Climate deal in the works
Australia's new climate policy is expected to be announced in coming weeks with PM Scott Morrison hoping to come to agreement with the Nationals ahead of the Glasgow climate summit.
Who called COP26 a ‘last chance saloon’? Take the climate change quiz
Test your own knowledge of the Glasgow summit and the issues at stake.
Business frustration over government’s climate inaction grows
As the Glasgow climate talks approach, pressure mounts on the government to make serious commitments on emission reductions.
- by Nick O'Malley and Nick Toscano
Analysis
Energy
How do we tackle Australia’s burning problem before it burns us?
If Australia sets a ‘net zero by 2050’ target at COP26, it will likely be heralded as a major shift, but it’s unlikely to do anything to align us with that trajectory.
- by Ketan Joshi
Opinion
Glasgow summit
NSW’s green machine leaves PM’s jalopy for dust
Matt Kean, the NSW Liberal minister leading the charge on a clean energy future, has some pointed words for his federal colleagues. If they drag the chain, he says, NSW can make its own deals with the world.
- by Peter Hartcher
Explainer
Glasgow summit
‘A matter of survival’: What’s COP26?
What is a “COP”? How did we get here? And what needs to be achieved at Glasgow?
- by Nick O'Malley