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Nature repair cheap at $7.3 billion a year: scientists

Nature repair cheap at $7.3 billion a year: scientists

Australia's ailing environment needs $7.3 billion a year to claw its way back to health but scientists say that's cheap and doing nothing will cost much more.

Banks improve climate funding, but work to do: report

Banks improve climate funding, but work to do: report

Banks improve climate funding, but work to do: report

Banks improve climate funding, but work to do: report

The big four banks have made significant strides to curb lending for fossil fuel projects but a report says they still have not met their own climate targets.

'War zone stuff': how DV rises after natural disasters

'War zone stuff': how DV rises after natural disasters

'War zone stuff': how DV rises after natural disasters

'War zone stuff': how DV rises after natural disasters

Women should be at the centre of climate policies as they face increased rates of violence and homelessness after disasters, Australian researchers say.

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Transmission lines to power up renewable energy zone

Transmission lines to power up renewable energy zone

A renewable energy zone in NSW is the first to receive approval for transmission lines, allowing work to start on the 4.5-gigawatt project.

Climate catastrophe: mapping nation's disaster hotspots

Climate catastrophe: mapping nation's disaster hotspots

Former emergency services chiefs say it is time to pump serious money into disaster preparedness as a map reveals Australia's disaster hotspots.

Wong links PNG diplomacy to climate change in Pacific

Wong links PNG diplomacy to climate change in Pacific

Canberra's commitment to engaging the Pacific region on climate change is demonstrated by a delegation to Papua New Guinea this week, the foreign minister says.

Commercial buildings next on the block for carbon cuts

Commercial buildings next on the block for carbon cuts

Saving on emissions and energy bills for commercial premises is a "no brainer", according to the Property Council, as a push begins for greater electrification.

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Ice cores point to grim picture of future bushfire risk

Ice cores point to grim picture of future bushfire risk

Ice cores point to grim picture of future bushfire risk

Ice cores point to grim picture of future bushfire risk

Data elicited from Antarctic ice cores point to future bushfire conditions being worse than the deadly Black Summer blazes.

Emissions target on chopping board as climate wars rage

Emissions target on chopping board as climate wars rage

Emissions target on chopping board as climate wars rage

Emissions target on chopping board as climate wars rage

Australians are mobilising for a climate battle at the federal election with voters pouring money into a climate lobby group as politicians scrap targets.

Farmer pressure ends NZ plan to price cattle emissions

Farmer pressure ends NZ plan to price cattle emissions

Farmer pressure ends NZ plan to price cattle emissions

Farmer pressure ends NZ plan to price cattle emissions

A plan to price agricultural emissions has been scrapped by New Zealand's government, which is forming a group to find other ways to work on methane.

Plan needed for communities at risk of climate change

Plan needed for communities at risk of climate change

Plan needed for communities at risk of climate change

Plan needed for communities at risk of climate change

A strategic plan is needed for Australian communities relocating due to frequently occurring natural disasters as a result of climate change.

Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts

Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts

Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts

Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts

Popular Australian ski resorts could find themselves on death row without urgent action on climate change, new modelling suggests.

Shoppers slash emissions by grabbing greener groceries

Shoppers slash emissions by grabbing greener groceries

Shoppers slash emissions by grabbing greener groceries

Shoppers slash emissions by grabbing greener groceries

Switching food and drink purchases can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from household groceries by more than 70 per cent, according to new Australian research.

Move to make polluters produce 'robust' emissions info

Move to make polluters produce 'robust' emissions info

Move to make polluters produce 'robust' emissions info

Move to make polluters produce 'robust' emissions info

The NSW environment watchdog has put forward plans to force big polluters to hand over more accurate information about their projects' carbon emissions.

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Environment group loses appeal over coal, gas projects

The full bench of the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by campaigners related to how the federal environment minister considers fossil fuel projects.

Coal mine's licence not fit for purpose, court told

Residents who fear what a NSW coal mine might be doing to their health have gone to court, arguing its environmental licence is not fit for purpose.

Call to cut coal growth as NSW set to miss climate goal

Official data shows NSW is expected to miss its recently legislated emissions-reduction targets, prompting calls to scale back coal mine expansions.

Australia could cut global emissions with green metals

Australia could remove much more than its share of greenhouse gas emissions by using its natural advantages, a business leader argues.

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NSW could lose hundreds of species, grim report warns

Biodiversity continues to fall across NSW on almost every measure, with damaged and degraded landscapes less able to support life, a new report reveals.

Reef in crisis: scientists despair as corals perish

Scientists from three research stations on the Great Barrier Reef have shared sobering accounts of the damage inflicted by the latest marine heatwave.

Calls to establish climate change intelligence unit

A dedicated unit to tackle the security threat posed by climate change should be established within Australia's intelligence community, a former ADF chief says.

Torres Strait elders fear becoming climate refugees

Torres Strait Islanders are challenging the Commonwealth for failing to act on climate change, with closing arguments underway in a Federal Court case.

Final hearings in landmark climate court case begin

Torres Strait Islander elders fear they will be displaced from their home within the next three decades as the final hearings in a landmark climate case begin.

Dodging polar bears and scoffing butter on Arctic trek

A glaciologist from subtropical Queensland is about to embark on an epic Arctic trek that combines science, adventure and an obscene amount of butter.

Woodside defends 'honest' response to climate change

Woodside Energy's chair Richard Goyder has defended the gas giant's response to climate change in the face of fierce criticism of expansion plans.

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