As New York City gears up for the next United Nations General Assembly, there’s a new event on the schedule before the annual high-level debate. It’s the landmark Summit of the Future, a high-level ...

For the first time, an emissions and climate impact case has arrived at Australia’s High Court. The stakes couldn’t be higher ...

Almost two thirds (64%) of Australians are concerned about the impact of climate change, according to a recent survey. But drill deeper, and we quickly find Australians hold quite different views on ...

Australia is currently waiting to know whether it will host – jointly with the Pacific Islands – the 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31). Turkiye has made a rival bid, and a decision ...

Landmark legal test: The High Court will decide if planning authorities must weigh local climate impacts of fossil fuel projects. Coal mine challenge: A Hunter Valley community group successfully ...

Sept. 15 (UPI) --More than 1.5 million Australians will be at risk from sea level rise by 2050, amid an uncertain future in which climate change will make extreme weather events both more frequent and ...

Australia continues to be a highly active jurisdiction for climate-related lawsuits. Since our last update in August 2023, we have seen a steady stream of suits commenced against corporations and ...

There’s a chilling line in Australia’s new climate adaptation plan: It is prudent to plan for global warming levels of 2°C to 3°C by the end of this century, with temperatures in Australia likely to ...

A permit burn spreading through green bush land in the Australian outback, photographed from a drone in October 2024. Editor at Large It’s around this time of year that Jill Tacon’s nose begins to ...

Fossils and DNA reveal how climate change is shrinking the habitat of an Australian lizard and threatening its future ...