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Will Australia’s new climate policy be enough to reset relations with Pacific nations?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is hoping his government’s more ambitious climate policy will help reset Pacific relations when he meets with island leaders next week.

The Conversation

‘Far from adequate’: former Pacific leaders group urges Australia to increase 43% emissions cut

Pacific Elders Voice also called for Australia to end gas and coal developments ahead of Pacific Islands Forum

The Guardian - AU

Australians were once again the world’s worst coal power polluters per capita in 2021

A new analysis by energy think tank Ember ranked Australia as the worse per-capita polluter from coal-fired power stations in 2021.

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How our bushfire-proof house design could help people flee rather than risk fighting the flames

By 2030, climate change will make one in 25 Australian homes “uninsurable” if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, with riverine flooding posing the greatest insurance risk, a new Climate Council analysis finds.

The Conversation

Climate Council finds 25pc of homes in Nicholls electorate will be uninsurable by 2030 as flood risk climbs

Regional residents and the Climate Council are calling for the federal government to urgently tackle climate change, warning it will affect some areas disproportionately as obtaining insurance becomes drastically more difficult.

ABC News

Climate change means 1 in 25 homes could become uninsurable by 2030

Australia is going to face an "insurability crisis" in under a decade as climate change forces insurance premiums to "skyrocket", a report from the Climate Council warns.

ABC News

Flood and cyclone-prone areas in eastern Australia may be ‘uninsurable’ by 2030

Report mapped 10 electorates considered most at risk of becoming uninsurable due to flood, fire and other extreme weather risk

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Calls to increase minimum energy efficiency rating in new homes to reduce carbon emissions and lower power bills

Living in seven-star energy-efficient homes would cut Australian energy bills by an average of $450 a year and help address climate change by reducing emissions, according to a new report from the Climate Council.

ABC News

1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make?

The chance to limit warming to 1.5C is slipping away. But will difference will it make if we overshoot by half a degree or so?

ABC News

Climate action policies a ‘catastrophic failure’

The federal government has "overwhelmingly" failed on climate action over its three terms in charge, a new report by the Climate Council finds.

The New Daily

Riverina farmers call for solar farm developments to be put on hold until review completed

Renewable energy's social licence could be at risk if community concerns aren't addressed, says Climate Council councillor.

ABC News

NSW, Queensland floods on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters, Climate Council says

The ongoing floods in Queensland and New South Wales are on track to be one of Australia's worst-ever natural disasters, a Climate Council report says, linking the destruction to climate change.

ABC News

Climate 'on steroids' drives extreme flood

The Climate Council says thousands more Australians now have lived experience of a climate system that has been super-charged by global warming.

AAP

Climate Council says too many leaders are silent on global heating’s role in ‘megafloods’

Organisation urges all political parties to outline concrete steps on how to prepare for inevitable climate-fuelled disasters

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