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  • 10 Sep 2021
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    The right climate for Indonesia-United States cooperation

    Eko NM Saputro
    If Washington is to judge its trade partners on environmental measures, Jakarta actually has a good story to tell.
  • 7 Sep 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Climate change

    Matching strategic and defence policy to the climate challenge

    Brendan Sargeant
    Australia is looking too much at symptoms rather than the causes – and missing the need to work cooperatively.
  • 2 Sep 2021
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Environment

    Australia’s potential as a “green” hydrogen superpower

    James Bowen
    As the hydrocarbon era wanes a new energy source could be a potent geopolitical asset.
  • 20 Aug 2021
    • United States
    • China
    • Climate change

    Can the US and China cooperate on climate?

    Henry Storey
    Deals, denials and grand bargains on the road to the COP26 climate change conference.
  • 12 Aug 2021
    • Global Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Climate change

    Economic diplomacy: Burning down the house

    Greg Earl
    Climate change is the new frontier for economic thinking in international relations.
  • 4 Aug 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Preparing Australia to respond to disasters – at home and abroad

    Peter Layton
    The military should be restructured with a dedicated element to better tackle relief operations full-time.
  • 17 Jun 2021
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Coal’s decline is underway, no matter what Australia’s politicians say

    Frank Jotzo
    Key countries are positioning for huge investments in clean energy industries and Australia should take its slice.
  • 4 Jun 2021
    • Asean
    • Climate change
    • Southeast Asia
    • Environment

    Finding a new approach to water security in Southeast Asia

    Angelo Paolo L. Trias
    Disaster governance systems can help overcome barriers to securing water across the region.
  • 31 May 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Climate change

    As varied as the weather: How public attitudes shape climate policy

    Bec Colvin
    Opinion surveys across the big emitters reveal the social complexity surrounding climate policy commitments.
  • 26 May 2021
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Paying the price: Australians want action on climate change

    Hannah Léser
    New Lowy Institute polling reveals a growing public appetite to tackle environmental concerns – even at a cost.
  • 25 May 2021
    • South Korea
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    South Korea’s green goals

    Kate Kalinova
    A little-heralded summit this month will test how governments – and big private companies – match promises with action.
  • 19 May 2021
    • Timor-Leste
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Lessons from the recent cyclone in Timor-Leste

    Fidelis Magalhães
    Without a vision for sustainable development and action on climate change, there can be no “building back better”.
  • 3 May 2021
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Antarctica
    • Environment
    • International law

    The Davis aerodrome and Australia’s leadership in the Antarctic

    Nengye Liu , Paul Govind
    How can Australia pretend to uphold the ATS while pursuing a project that risks unprecedented ecological impact?
  • 30 Apr 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • China
    • Climate change

    China’s climate pivot could reshape the economic future

    Stephen Minas
    Many of the same arguments persist as international climate negotiations enter a fourth decade. But actions matter.
  • 27 Apr 2021
    • Climate change
    • International law
    • United States

    High hopes and hot air on climate change

    Anthony Burke
    Good pledges, moral suasion and new impetus for accountability have yet to sway the recalcitrant.
  • 23 Apr 2021
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Timor-Leste
    • Climate change

    Timor-Leste’s floods and Covid lockdown aggravate political rifts

    Michael Leach
    Mounting crises raise questions about infrastructure spending, the uses of oil wealth and the need for elite consensus.
  • 20 Apr 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • Climate change
    • International law

    “America’s back” in the Paris Agreement. For how long?

    Nicholas Chan
    Climate politics is enjoying an optimistic moment, but a Trumpist rerun would be ruinous for environmental diplomacy.
  • 13 Apr 2021
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Timor-Leste
    • Climate change

    Dili floods a costly consequence of poor urban planning

    Joao da Cruz Cardoso
    Reactive measures by the Timor-Leste government and aid from overseas won’t prevent the same disaster next time.
  • 31 Mar 2021
    • United States
    • China
    • Climate change

    Washington risks an unsustainable climate policy

    Kate Clayton
    Tense talks between the US and China in Alaska Summit showed that collaboration on global challenges is fraught.
  • 24 Mar 2021
    • Australia
    • Climate change

    The world sees the climate crisis in Australia’s floods. Do we?

    Edmond Roy
    Australia needs to lead in response to climate change or find itself become a global symbol for inaction.
  • 24 Mar 2021
    • Climate change
    • Technology
    • Review

    The greening of Bill Gates

    Christian Bennett
    The Microsoft founder has produced a solid primer for understanding the climate challenge. The next step is action.
  • 15 Feb 2021
    • Australia's Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Australia’s place in a decarbonising world economy

    Roland Rajah
    The economics of climate change are rapidly shifting, and that has opportunity for Australia.
  • 15 Jan 2021
    • Climate change
    • Review

    Book review: The Ministry for the Future

    Sam Roggeveen
    Putting the fate of the world in the hands of boring bureaucrats might not seem compelling – might just also be right.
  • 30 Dec 2020
    • Climate change

    Climate change, a constant battle

    The Interpreter
    Before a pandemic struck, Australia’s bushfires set alarms bells ringing. They haven’t stopped.
  • 7 Dec 2020
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Technology

    The case for going all-in on renewables

    Jeffrey Lau
    Energy security and economic growth have political support where climate change doesn’t. Bring them all together.
  • 13 Nov 2020
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • China
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Technology

    Biden’s clean energy plan versus China’s green tech dominance

    Elliott Zaagman
    The US might be able to construct a clean-energy supply chain without relying on China, but it won’t be easy.
  • 12 Nov 2020
    • Sustainability
    • China
    • Climate change

    China: World’s biggest polluter ... and climate activist?

    Cornelia Tremann
    Its greenhouse gas emissions are more than the US and EU combined, but China has big ambitions for carbon neutrality.
  • 27 Oct 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Climate change

    Preparing for when climate change drives people from their homes

    Jonathan Pryke , Jane McAdam
    Combating Covid in the Pacific is hard enough. Add cyclones, droughts and flooding to the mix, the time to act is now.
  • 20 Oct 2020
    • Sustainability
    • China
    • Climate change
    • Southeast Asia

    Duelling diplomacy over Southeast Asia’s most important river

    Andrea Haefner
    Despite climate change and the cost hydropower dams, Mekong nations will find it difficult to turn away from China.
  • 14 Oct 2020
    • Sustainability
    • Afghanistan
    • Iran
    • Climate change

    Afghanistan and Iran: From water treaty to water dispute

    Said Hashmat Sadat , Nasrat Sayed
    A dam near completion on the Helmand River in Afghanistan is at the centre of a disagreement over water rights.
  • 13 Oct 2020
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Climate change

    Changing the narrative of climate change

    Bec Colvin
    Social identity, not scientific evidence, drives many people’s attitudes on climate change.
  • 9 Oct 2020
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United Nations
    • China
    • Climate change

    China’s vision of sovereignty for the next world order

    Bill Hayton
    Beijing’s attitude is clearly one that says big countries matter more than small or middle-size ones.
  • 5 Oct 2020
    • Diplomacy
    • China
    • Climate change

    A dose of climate realism about China’s carbon pledge

    Anthony Burke
    Beijing’s target falls well short of the dramatic and globally organised action needed to stop dangerous climate change.
  • 14 Sep 2020
    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Maldives
    • Sri Lanka
    • Australia
    • France
    • Climate change

    Tackling environmental security threats in the Indian Ocean

    David Brewster
    A “Quad-Plus” could bring together regional expertise and resources to address issues of collective interest.
  • 10 Sep 2020
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Working one for the planet

    Mark Beeson
    After a lifetime employed, what if people spend one last year in the job and donate their salary to charity? I’m game.
  • 14 Aug 2020
    • Poverty
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    World order in the time of coronavirus

    Bobo Lo
    Blame China and Russia. But the real cause of breakdown in the “rules-based international order” lies with the West.
  • 11 Aug 2020
    • Sustainability
    • Cambodia
    • China
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Climate change
    • Southeast Asia
    • Laos

    Chinese dams and the Mekong drought

    Milton Osborne
    The environmental impact of China’s dam building upstream is undeniable. The silence from some quarters is surprising.
  • 10 Aug 2020
    • United States
    • Climate change
    • The Trump Presidency
    • Coronavirus

    The most important American election ever?

    Mark Beeson
    Four more years of Trump would be simply catastrophic, not just for America but for the world.
  • 6 Aug 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • New Zealand
    • Climate change

    A force to combat climate change?

    Steven Paget
    The summer bushfires put Australia to the test. They also had future implications for the New Zealand Defence Force.
  • 24 Jun 2020
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Australia’s shifting mood on climate change

    Bec Strating
    This year’s intense bushfires seemed like the event that would finally move climate policy. Then came Covid-19.
  • 10 Jun 2020
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Climate change makes Covid-19 politics look easy

    Matt McDonald
    The coronavirus pandemic has led to all kinds of novel political calculations. Climate change needs even better ones.
  • 11 May 2020
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Can Covid-19 response be a model for climate action?

    Natasha Kassam , Noah Yim
    Mass behaviour change, policies guided by science, acting for the greater good: just what the climate crisis needs.
  • 5 May 2020
    • China
    • Climate change
    • Energy

    Despite headwinds, China prepares for world’s largest carbon market

    Huw Slater
    A low-carbon economy is within China’s reach: it’s up to the provinces to make it work.
  • 4 May 2020
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change

    Bob May – Professor of Everything

    Robyn Williams
    A scientist with a flexible mind and at times bluntly persuasive style guided PMs and the public alike.
  • 4 May 2020
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Parallel plotlines: The evolving stories of climate change and corona

    Bronwyn Lo
    How will history judge the global epilogues on two of the world’s greatest challenges?
  • 30 Apr 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Winds of change: Rethinking disaster relief after Cyclone Harold

    Meg Keen , David Sanderson
    Local response teams and demand-driven solutions are key to climate change aid in the Pacific.
  • 4 Feb 2020
    • Climate change

    Solastalgia: A malady for our age?

    Mark Beeson
    Dread at the state of the environment has been creeping in steadily. Now there’s a word for it.
  • 23 Jan 2020
    • Climate change

    Learning from extinction

    Daniel Flitton
    With the spotlight on animals’ fate in Australia’s raging bushfires, perhaps a North American experience has answers.
  • 22 Jan 2020
    • Japan
    • Climate change

    Japan has struck low in climate ambition

    Daniel Hurst
    Vague timeframes and inadequate emission reduction targets leave plenty of wiggle room in Abe Shinzo’s claims to lead.
  • 16 Jan 2020
    • Australia
    • China
    • Climate change

    Economic diplomacy: Two big-C issues

    Greg Earl
    China and climate change are new realities both putting Australia to the test.
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