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Young voters will inherit a hotter, more dangerous world – but their climate interests are being ignored this election
Young voters will inherit a hotter, more dangerous world – but their climate interests are being ignored this election

[ad_1] While there was plenty of heat in Sunday’s night’s debate between Labor and Coalition…

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Australia’s next government needs to talk about a just transition’ from coal. Here’s where you can start.

[ad_1] At last year’s Glasgow climate conference, countries lined up to increase their ambition to…

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Imagine that Australia is a superpower in Southeast Asia’s renewable energy sector by 2030.

[ad_1] We are now in the final fortnights of the election campaign. Commentators have noted…

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How the greatest climate catastrophe in history was caused by a volcanic bombardment of ancient Australia

[ad_1] 252 million years ago, the world was experiencing a turbulent period of rapid global…

Two fire crew members use axes to chop at burning roots on a charred desert landscape.
The Southwest is on fire, with iconic deserts and towns at risk – 3 reasons the 2022 fire season is so early and intense

[ad_1] New Mexico and Arizona are both facing dangerously early fire seasons. It has destroyed…

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Scientists now have a new tool to monitor Arctic wildlife for chronic oil

[ad_1] When we think of the Arctic, we often picture a barren landscape covered with…

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The window of opportunity for addressing growing drought and expanding drylands is closing

[ad_1] Chile and ArgentinaThe American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought —…

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A climate scientist explains the shocking effects of poor air quality on India and Pakistan’s horrendous heatwaves.

[ad_1] The record-shattering heatwave that engulfed most of India and Pakistan through March and April…

Two fire crew members use axes to chop at burning roots on a charred desert landscape.
The Southwest is on fire – with iconic deserts and towns at risk, Biden issues a disaster declaration

[ad_1] New Mexico and Arizona are both facing dangerously early fire seasons. It has destroyed…

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Are we heading towards a scorched dystopia? Or a liveable planet. Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us

[ad_1] The federal election campaign takes place against a background of flooding on Australia’s east…