The recent Climate Change Performance Index finds Australia to be the second worst country out of the 61 covered in this global report. After being ranked at 40th in 2012, the country has managed, or mismanaged, climate...
A newly released report and review regarding the Australian Renewable Energy Target was released by the Australian Climate Change Authority. The said report clearly advises against the Federal Government’s move to slash or scale back...
According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), spring 2014 was Australias hottest spring on record. The average temperature at the time and the national maximum broke records with an average temperature of 1.67 Celsius above...
A new study from the Climate Council indicates that the Victorian bushfire threat is significantly increasing as a result of climate change. The report, written by Professor Lesley Hughes, points out that although the state of...
The four countries which constitute BASIC – Brazil, South Africa, India, and China – are all set to play their significant role in negotiating any agreements in the future for climate change. BASIC may be...
Abbott has came under fire from medical scientists who have warned about the “serious health risks” that Australians will face if environmental issues are not tackled with urgency. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has not...
The United States is pushing through with its plan to include climate change as one of the talking points for this year’s G20 summit. The Australian federal government however is not very keen on including...
There is a growing concession among environmentalists that renewable energy is one of the best, if not the best, solutions to the worsening global problem of climate change because this type of energy is derived...
The thorny issue of carbon tax has come up again with the latest report from European consultancy Ecofys, which indicates there’s still a divide between commitments to preventing changes in the climate from worsening and...
There is great debate globally as the necessity and validity of carbon pricing schemes with many countries putting the topic on the back burner in favour of localised solutions. In Australia, many state governments began...
The earth has warmed by 1.5 degrees Celsius in the past 250 years and "humans are almost entirely the cause", according to a scientific study set up to address climate sceptic concerns about whether human-induced...
Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival, according to Australian climate change research. The researchers found that carbon dioxide...
