The burning horizon

The challenges posed by climate change are significant, but we have the technology, knowledge and resources to address them. Governments, businesses and individuals can still work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to the changing climate and build more resilient communities.

Crossing the climate bridge

Greenhouse emissions in the recent past have ensured significant global warming is to come and the world must marshal its resources to address the inevitable increase in global, regional and national climate disruptions to come.

Climate change in the Indo-Pacific in 2035

The impacts of climate change on the Indo-Pacific, already the most exposed region in the world to climate hazards and home to the world’s fastest growing populations, economies and geopolitical rivalries, will be profound.

Morrison inches towards a net-zero target

After years of downplaying the climate crisis, the Prime Minister may soon announce a net-zero by 2050 commitment with an eye to the next Federal election.

The fire this time

The IPCC report is both a sobering reminder of the scale of the challenge we face and an affirmation that the worst of the climate impacts can be avoided with rapid and more ambitious global action to reduce greenhouse gases and prepare for climate impacts.

Bushfire royal commission warns of ‘alarming disaster outlook’

The Royal Commission on last summer’s bushfires has warned of the danger of future events, but makes no mention of the need to tackle climate change.

Turning crisis into opportunity

Australia has a unique opportunity in the wake of the unprecedented disruption caused by the Black Summer and Covid-19 crises to boost national disaster resilience.

It’s time for bipartisan action on climate change

It’s time to begin building a bipartisan Australian response to climate change. The stakes are too high to continue the divisive politics on this fundamental threat to our national wellbeing.

A difference of degrees: the looming climate catastrophe

It is becoming increasingly clear that we have greatly underestimated the impacts of climate change and Australia and other nations must rapidly scale up their commitments under the Paris agreement to make a difference while we still can.

Preparing for the era of disasters

An emerging era of disasters will increasingly stretch emergency services, diminish community resilience and escalate economic costs and losses of life. It will also have profound implications for food security in our immediate region, with cascading impacts that will undermine Australia’s national security.

Climate change dominates the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report

The World Economic Forum has released its Global Risks Report 2019 to coincide with its annual meeting taking place this week in Davos, Switzerland and, for the third year in a row, climate change and climate change–related risks dominate the document.

The cascading impacts of climate change

Earlier this month, the World Bank released a major study warning that more than 800 million people reside in areas that by 2050 will become dangerous climate hotspots. As bad as this seems, reports of this kind fail to take full account of the cascading impacts of a warming planet.