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Historic legal advice from the World Court has informed a Parents for Climate pursuit of science-based emissions cuts.

Summer reading for the federal government includes a report recommending a targeted carbon border adjustment mechanism to safeguard jobs in heavy industries.

Asked to find an extra A$20 billion per year to fund government priorities like building nuclear submarines and responding to climate change, Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back land tax, increased resource taxes, an attack on negative gearing and extending the scope of the goods and services tax.

The UN secretary-general says developed nations like Australia must bring forward their net-zero timelines by a decade

Australia and other developed countries must achieve net-zero emissions a decade earlier than most have promised, the UN chief says.

The world is in deep trouble on climate change, but if we really put our shoulder to the wheel we can turn things around. Loosely, that’s the essence of today’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The UN secretary-general says developed nations like Australia must bring forward their net-zero timelines by a decade, given the latest climate change report.

Colleagues and friends remember prominent Australian scientist Professor Will Steffen as a courageous pioneer for climate action.

Amid pressure for an extra tax on gas profits, the industry is mounting a defence of its importance to the Australian economy.