Nuclear tactics pitch politics over policy, say experts
With the coalition's nuclear policy facing staunch opposition from the scientific community and state governments, experts debate its political strategy.
With the coalition's nuclear policy facing staunch opposition from the scientific community and state governments, experts debate its political strategy.
Australian cities with similar climates to Los Angeles are experiencing the same drying conditions and erratic rainfall, which does not bode well for fire risk.
Los Angeles firefighters are in an all-out battle to curb wildfires from spreading before fierce winds return as the death toll from the blazes rises.
Threats of floods, storms, bushfires and heatwaves are making summer holidays difficult to plan and navigate for tourists.
Experts are bracing for the impact of another hot summer on the Great Barrier Reef after it suffered its worst coral bleaching of 2024.
Australians are being put on alert: our summers are becoming more erratic, with experts forecasting a season of heavy rain and warm weather - and bushfires.
After months of catastrophic heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and tropical cyclones, data has confirmed 2024 is now certain to be the hottest year on record.
Climate change is an existential threat to Pacific islanders, Australia has acknowledged at the world's top court, but argues against further legal obligations.
Pacific island nations are pushing for more action on climate change as they face the existential threat of rising tides and a lack of access to finance.
Vanuatu's climate envoy Ralph Regenvanu has opened the historic case for a broader legal basis for action on climate change.
A sea of kayaks has entered the water at the Port of Newcastle as climate activists protested over ongoing approvals for fossil fuel projects.
Wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit including the US and Australia could be set to raise their global finance target offer to $A462 billion a year.
Countries have clinched a deal to inject $US300 billion annually to combat climate change and help poor nations cope with the impact of global warming.
Coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef continues to struggle following extensive bleaching events which are increasing in frequency amid climate change.
The UN says only about one per cent of the 1200 methane leak alerts issued to governments and companies have garnered a "substantive response".
United Nations officials are urging G20 leaders to break the COP29 stalemate as wealthy nations ask more countries to help foot the climate bill.
Cheap finance for climate projects is on offer from Australia for small businesses across the Pacific, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Australia's climate change minister is urging his counterparts to adopt ambitious emissions targets as world leaders discuss the future for a warming globe.
Nations are preparing for tough talks on finance and trade as the annual UN climate summit kicked off in Azerbaijan.
Nations must "pay up" to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters or humanity will pay the price, UN chief Antonio Guterres has told the COP29 climate summit.
Experts have warned the world's climate negotiators that at least $1.5 trillion a year will be needed in climate cash for developing nations.
Tension are rising between developed and developing nations as the world's climate negotiators grapple with a $A2 trillion fundraising target by 2035.
Leading Australian transport companies Linfox and Toll will add 54 electric trucks to their fleets in a bid to reduce emissions
The European climate agency says 2024 will very likely be hottest year on record, driven by the burning of fossil fuels.
After a hotly-contested debate surrounding immigration in the US, Australia is being urged to discuss the issue with facts during its upcoming election.
Poor health outcomes are being attributed to extreme heat events, rapid rain bursts and worsening fire season as part of a growing climate crisis.
The prime ministers of Australian and the UK have pledged greater investment in green hydrogen and offshore wind during their first meeting in Samoa.
Australia's emergency response system is in need of widespread reform if the nation is to keep up with the growing threat of natural disasters.
Southern states have shivered through plummeting temperatures while unseasonal rain soaks the top end.
Invisible volcanic glass shards found in Tasmanian wetland sediment may have originated from the supereruption of New Zealand's Taupo Volcano 26,000 years ago.
A report from a global insurance giant reveals half of Australia's tourist hotspots face high risks, and possible "natural peril" from climate change.