No coal power, no new petrol cars by 2035 for net zero Australia needs to phase out coal, gas and oil faster than planned to meet its climate commitments, a report says, with changes in energy, transport and mining. AAP · Sep 13
Working mums, agricultural labourers and bill payers: Who’s hit hardest by heatwave costs? Europe’s heatwave endangers lives as well as incomes. Euronews · Jun 25
COP30 fails to set fossil fuels' end and sheds light on cracked international order As the UN flagship climate summit failed to agree on a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, the European Union finds itself increasingly alone in a world distancing itself from its climate ambitions. Euronews · Nov 24, 2025
Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heating The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025
Ten years after Paris, the world is still failing to meet its own climate promises, warns report Despite record clean energy investment, coal, deforestation and fossil fuel finance are still rising, warns new report. Euronews · Oct 22, 2025
Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’ New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023 The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
Labor’s 2035 emissions target a ‘sliding doors’ moment for future generations Australia must lead other nations in committing to 1.5C pathway for safety, security, prosperity and the environment, experts say The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2025
'World is watching': high bar for 2035 climate goals Cutting emissions by 81 per cent by 2035 is "technologically and economically feasible" for Australia, a global climate think tank says. AAP · Aug 31, 2025
Former UN climate chief urges Australia to set ‘prosperity’ target of cutting emissions by 75% by 2035 Exclusive: Ambitious target would increase the country’s chance of winning rights to host Cop31 in 2026, Christiana Figueres says The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2025
Why USAID is such a critical piece of the global climate aid puzzle – and what happens next as it is cut CLIMATE ANALYSIS: As development projects battle over which is the most ‘life-saving’ in order to secure the dregs of US aid funding, climate action is likely to be deemed lowest priority, writes Nick Ferris The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025
For 3rd straight year, no improvement in Earth's projected warming For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2024
World ‘failing to bend the curve’ on curbing temperature rises, analysts say Donald Trump’s policies make only a slight increase in warming projections, Climate Action Tracker says. Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024
India’s need to step up solar, wind capacity addition Another year and another climate conference is upon us, this one in Azerbaijan. It will start off on a positive note for India which recently hit the 200 GW mark in its non-fossil fuels installed capacity, or how much power it can produce from energy sources such as solar and wind. But… Newslaundry · Nov 11, 2024
World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, a United Nations report said Thursday The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Aug 12, 2024 Australian fossil fuel exports ranked second only to Russia for climate damage with ‘no plan’ for reduction Coal and gas exports expected to remain roughly at current level until at least 2035 with 4.5% of emissions linked to Australia, report finds
International Business Times · Apr 30, 2024 G7 To Phase Out Coal-fired Power Plants By Mid-2030s G7 ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting as a goal the mid-2030s, in a move hailed as significant by some environmentalists but slammed as "too late" by others.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2023 Climate scientists hail 2023 as ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuel era Cautious optimism among experts that emissions from energy use may have peaked as net zero mission intensifies
The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023 Fossil fuel projects awaiting approval could blow Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ tenfold, climate groups say Exclusive: More than 20bn tonnes of Co2 could be emitted if 30 developments were to go ahead
Al Jazeera · Nov 30, 2023 COP28 Dubai: What were the gains of past five UN climate summits? As COP28 commences in Dubai, here is a look at the major outcomes of the UN’s last five COPs and where they stand.
The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023 Pressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive takes over climate talks The pressure to phase out of fossil fuels is mounting on the oil company chief who Thursday took over fragile international climate negotiations that opened in Dubai amid concerns about what some say is contradictory dual roles
The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023 The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise? Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2023 Emissions of Beetaloo Basin gas projects ‘significantly underestimated’ by government, analysis finds Climate Analytics says onshore emissions of proposed fracking understated by up to 84% in ‘a rosy picture that simply doesn’t reflect reality’
The Conversation · Sep 19, 2023 EV sales growth points to oil demand peaking by 2030 − so why is the oil industry doubling down on production? Electric vehicle sales are growing faster than expected around the world, and, sales of gas- and diesel-powered vehicles have been falling. Yet, the U.S. government still forecasts an increasing demand for oil, and the oil industry is doubling down on production plans.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2023 Methane emissions ‘incredibly cheap’ to cut without needing offsets, safeguard mechanism inquiry told Hearing into Labor’s changes to the scheme told a 75% reduction in methane was possible using commercially competitive existing technology
ABC News · Feb 10, 2023 Climate groups fear a key government policy to drive down emissions will instead push them up Climate advocates are insisting changes be made to one of the federal government's key emissions-reduction tools, warning it currently risks perversely allowing emissions to increase.