The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record in 2012, continuing an upward and accelerating trend that is driving climate change and will shape the future…
Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Action, writes in today’s Sydney Morning Herald about the Pacific Islands Forum that started yesterday. She says: “The Pacific region is on the…
Vast swathes of Australia face above average chances of grass fires and bushfires this summer, after months of above average temperatures. The last 12 months have been the warmest on…
September 2012 to August 2013 mark the warmest 12 months on record for Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology said yesterday. The average temperature across the country was 22.92 °C during that…
Australia’s carbon market was worth $6.58 billion in its first year of operation, according to the Carbon Market Institute. The group said that covered entities emitted 286.6 million tonnes of…
Warming temperatures across the world are likely to lead to more intense weather events, and make wild fires, for instance, more ferocious and more common, according to a new NASA…
The World Bank, a conservative organisation, is becoming more and more vocal about the dangers of climate change, especially to the world’s poorest people. By clicking here, you can read…
To make the move from the carbon tax to an emissions trading scheme (ETS) a year earlier than planned, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced nearly $4 billion worth of…
“We don’t have time for a meeting of the flat-earth society,” US President Barack Obama said in a speech announcing this ambitious climate action plan. President Obama outlined a series…
