Across Australia, our communities have different characteristics that make them either more susceptible or more resilient to harms from climate change and extreme weather events. Now, researchers have developed a new index to identify the areas and people most at risk.
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?
The end of the COP28 climate summit has seen representatives from nearly 200 countries agree to start reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.
The world isn’t doing enough to tackle climate change which could increase catastrophic weather conditions, experts warn following this year’s annual insight into how fossil fuel use is tracking globally.
Experts have savaged Australia’s efforts to rein in domestic emissions, pointing to a litany of failures and calling for a radical reset.
Father and son Aussie adventurers are embarking on a round the world expedition to explore the effects of climate change on our world.
Most Australians (97%) want more action to protect nature, even if they don’t know the full extent of the biodiversity crisis. That’s the startling finding emerging from a national survey of 4000 voters.
Melting ice will affect critical Antarctic ocean currents and threaten fish stocks around the world, new study finds.
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).