National Affairs
22 December 2023
The cost of renewable energy is falling so steeply that even the toughest fossil fuel lobbies will eventually buckle
International
15 December 2023
The new treaty between Australia and Tuvalu fits in a long history of regional initiatives
Correspondents
14 December 2023
The COP28 agreement has the potential to fuel a virtuous circle of policy, innovation and scale
Correspondents
9 December 2023
At COP28 our correspondent probes a PR blitz for signs of genuine progress
Essays & Reportage
6 December 2023
Australia’s fatal firestorms have a distinctive and mainly Victorian lineage, but the 2019–20 season was frighteningly new
Correspondents
1 December 2023
UAE deal-maker Ahmed Al Jaber has kicked off this year’s climate talks with a historic coup
Essays & Reportage
24 November 2023
What guidance for the challenges facing the planet can we find in the words of one of Australia’s greatest prime ministers?
Essays & Reportage
20 October 2023
When the history of electric vehicles is written, who will be seen as central?
National Affairs
6 October 2023
The International Energy Agency brings news, good and bad, on climate
Correspondents
25 September 2023
With an eye to the next election, the British government has backtracked on climate initiatives to try to drive a wedge into Labour
Correspondents
22 September 2023
Brazil’s energetic president is set on galvanising the non-Western BRICS grouping, not least to fight climate change
Books & Arts
4 July 2023
Underlying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are existential fears of democracy, diversity, sustainability and the decline of patriarchy
Correspondents
24 June 2023
Emmanuel Macron’s summit meeting has given new momentum to investment in sustainable development and climate financing
Correspondents
5 June 2023
The latest UN climate conference is under way in Bonn. But the real action might be elsewhere
National Affairs
20 April 2023
Labor’s electric vehicle strategy won’t quickly reverse Australia’s laggard status. But the news isn’t all bad
Correspondents
18 April 2023
The new World Bank president wants change, but will he get the backing he needs?
National Affairs
9 March 2023
Despite Russia’s war in Ukraine, and despite China’s investment in coal, the signs are encouraging
International
8 February 2023
A new generation of sailing vessels is highlighting the challenge of reducing shipping emissions
Essays & Reportage
6 February 2023
The Greens have slowly and steadily increased their parliamentary numbers. But have they reached their limit?
Correspondents
22 November 2022
Nearly forty hours behind schedule, a final climate compromise was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh. But important action was going on elsewhere too
Correspondents
16 November 2022
With financing very much on the agenda, small nations are punching above their weight at COP27
Correspondents
4 November 2022
The latest UN climate conference matters, though not for quite the reason you might expect
National Affairs
14 October 2022
A grown-up conversation about how we fund better services is long overdue
Correspondents
29 September 2022
Distinguished economists are protesting at Mathias Cormann’s reorientation of the international organisation
Books & Arts
16 December 2021
An insider’s account of the Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20 exposes the wider failings of the Morrison government
Books & Arts
8 December 2021
Andrew Leigh compellingly describes the “black swan” events we could be facing, but are his proposals equal to the threat?
Essays & Reportage
22 November 2021
Is Australia’s international reputation really that bad? And if so, should it matter?
Correspondents
15 November 2021
Is it finally the end of the line for fossil fuels? Our correspondent’s Glasgow COP26 wrap-up
International
9 November 2021
Pacific voices, young and old, have been calling for action at COP26
Correspondents
9 November 2021
There is a paradox at the heart of climate activists’ demands for the overthrow of capitalism