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National Affairs
On the National Energy Guarantee, it’s Libs versus Libs (and Nats)
Tim Colebatch
6 August 2018
If the government offers Labor a deal it can accept, it will be rejected by the Coalition’s backbench. It’s hard to escape the obvious conclusion
National Affairs
A Macron moment
Natalie J. Doyle
3 May 2018
Macronmania came to Australia this week, but back in France the president might be facing his “Thatcher moment”
National Affairs
Will Batman’s voters take no for an answer?
Kerry Ryan
8 March 2018
The Sunshine State continues to make its mark in Melbourne’s closely watched federal by-election
National Affairs
Why 2017 was a good year for climate
John Quiggin
30 December 2017
Despite the US and Australian governments, attitudes and technology are driving change
National Affairs
A useful tool, but no guarantee
Tim Colebatch
18 October 2017
The Turnbull government’s pledge could leave Australia as one of the G20’s biggest per capita polluters — and with prices as high as ever
National Affairs
The devils in Finkel’s detail
Tim Colebatch
23 June 2017
What are the consequences of choosing a second-best scheme?
National Affairs
On climate, the consumer’s vote will be more important than the party room’s
Giles Parkinson
10 June 2017
The chief scientist’s energy report is a political document, which might, or might not, be its strength
National Affairs
Suddenly, the future doesn’t seem so far away
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
27 April 2017
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| What happens when a scientist is about to become a parent?
National Affairs
Despite the politics, good news on climate
John Quiggin
5 April 2017
It’s almost certainly too late for any leader to derail progress towards a decarbonised global economy
National Affairs
Energy security: a litmus test for the PM and his deputy
Tim Colebatch
17 February 2017
Malcolm Turnbull is staking his government on policies that are widely opposed and hard to defend
National Affairs
High energy prices? Blame fossil fuel generators, not renewables
Giles Parkinson
10 February 2017
The Coalition is chasing the wrong target, despite all the evidence
National Affairs
The lowdown on South Australia’s high-impact storm
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
6 October 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| Assessing the contribution of climate change to the South Australian storms isn’t straightforward
National Affairs
In search of the “sensible centre”
Tim Colebatch
2 September 2016
What if we took the leaders at their word?
Tim Colebatch
looks at the initiatives that might result
National Affairs
Malcolm Roberts versus a century and a half of science
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
31 August 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| If the new One Nation senator wants empirical evidence, he can take his pick from 150 years of research, says
Sarah
Perkins-Kirkpatrick
National Affairs
Feeling the heat
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
4 August 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| Record-breaking “heat index” scores highlight the growing impact of climate change, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
National Affairs
How hot was autumn?
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
3 June 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| Autumn could scarcely have been hotter, says
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
in this overview of a record-breaking season
Essays & Reportage
Burying Margaret Mead
Felicity Wade
2 June 2016
Labor seemed the obvious place to mobilise broader support for strong climate change policies, writes former Wilderness Society staffer
Felicity Wade
National Affairs
Out of the campaign’s shadows, a hidden reality
Tim Colebatch
20 May 2016
The second week on the hustings revealed false conflicts and unspoken truths, says
Tim Colebatch
National Affairs
An early victory in the next carbon war
Peter Brent | Mumble
28 April 2016
By taking the initiative on the dreaded three-letter word, Labor has scored an important win, argues
Peter Brent
National Affairs
Underwater extremes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
27 April 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| With much of the Earth covered by oceans, a different kind of heatwave is attracting attention, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Essays & Reportage
High pressure for low emissions: how civil society created the Paris climate agreement
Michael Jacobs
23 March 2016
A coalition of organisations forced the hands of the world’s major polluters, writes
Michael Jacobs
, and forged a new politics of climate
National Affairs
A monster of a month
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
22 March 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| El Niño is only part of the explanation for a record-breaking February, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Books & Arts
One Sunday in March
Kerry Ryan
21 March 2016
Kerry Ryan
keeps his options open at WOMADelaide
National Affairs
CSIRO and climate: the devil in the detail
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
25 February 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| Cutting funding at this stage of climate change research comes with enormous risks, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
International
After Paris: where now for carbon pricing?
Rebecca Pearse
21 December 2015
Carbon trading might have been given just a small part in the Paris agreement, writes
Rebecca Pearse
, but it was already time to move on
National Affairs
Climate claims a victory in the culture wars
John Quiggin
17 December 2015
By making climate science one of its chief targets, the right set itself up for failure, writes
John Quiggin
International
The road from Copenhagen
Giles Parkinson
14 December 2015
How did we get from there to here? In Paris
Giles Parkinson
looks at how the momentum built for climate action
International
Why the ratchet mechanism is (almost) everything in Paris
Fergus Green
11 December 2015
Without a credible mechanism for intensifying climate action over time, the Paris agreement will do nothing to bridge the chasm between what is possible now and what is needed in…
International
In Paris with the mayor of Byron
Giles Parkinson
8 December 2015
Cities, regions and states are setting the pace on climate adaptation, reports
Giles Parkinson
from Paris
National Affairs
Asking the right questions about extreme weather
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
24 November 2015
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| It’s not a simple case of cause and effect, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
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