President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that is opposed by nearly all other nations, which consider international waters off limits to this kind of industrial activity. The executive order, signed Thursday, would circumvent a decades-old treaty that every major … Read more
A few years ago, when I was part of a crew fighting a series of large wildfires in California’s wilderness, my bosses told me, “This isn’t normal.” Climate change was making the wildfires bigger, faster and harder to stop. It seemed like only a matter of time before the conditions grew dangerous enough to threaten … Read more
Victoria records 14 Covid deaths and 1,003 new cases; NSW records 216 cases and three deaths; international students to return to Victoria by the end of the year, Scott Morrison says; accused drug trafficker Mostafa Baluch captured; Labor dismisses Morrison government’s plans for $500m low emissions fund as ‘all spin and politics’ – follow all … Read more
To mark this new chapter, Australia will invest $154 million into our cooperation with Asean through: · a new Australia for ASEAN Futures Initiative, which will provide $124 million to support projects that address complex challenges including health security, terrorism and transnational crime, energy security, promoting the circular economy and healthy oceans, and support implementation … Read more
The Australian government’s 2050 net zero emissions commitment has been met with a mixed response locally and abroad. Prime minister Scott Morrison’s announcement and plan was criticised for lacking in details and modelling by international media, opposition politicians and political pundits. Australia’s position as a large contributor to fossil fuels and the late timing of … Read more
3.44am BST03:44 Helen Haines on what she believes regional communities are worried about: The regional people that I represent have real concerns for those communities. They want to see them transition to these new high-tech renewable economies. They do. My constituents also want to see what’s in it for the communities that they are in. … Read more
By the end of of a two-hour party room conversation, a majority of colleagues were in favour of the net zero transition, provided Morrison followed through on the various high-level policy undertakings. There wasn’t a formal vote in the room, but a tally was kept. Joyce acknowledged the majority position in favour when he spoke … Read more
Speaking at the event in Riyadh on Saturday, Prince Charles said there was a ‘dangerously narrow window’ to accelerate climate action. In a video message to the Saudi Green Initiative Forum, and just a week before the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, the Prince of Wales said world leaders must ‘consider the kind of future existence that we … Read more
Free riding and climate fairness are the two main issues behind the difficulties in reaching meaningful international agreements on reducing emissions. By (Mrs) Amb Narinder Chauhan Climate change is a global problem that needs a global solution. It is a given that while there is strong common interest in tackling climate change, the efforts required … Read more