Former Greens leader Bob Brown said Australia is “culpable” for the devastation in Nepal because it was not acting seriously on the dangers of carbon emissions changing the climate. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Australia digs fossil fuels; Türkiye burns them. One exports coal, the other imports it. They are co-hosts of the COP31 in November. Önder Algedik reports.
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The disaster in Nepal, Tibet and China has been described as being like a “horror movie” — only it is too real to ignore the fact that climate change is the greatest security threat of our time. Pip Hinman argues for the need to challenge Australia’s head-in-sand approach.
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Argentinian President Javier Milei’s far-right government’s proposal to allow foreign interests to own up to 25% of the country’s land was defeated in the Senate, in the wake of mass protests, reports Ben Radford.
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With the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu spreading across Australia and devastating wildlife, federal, state and territory governments need to be better prepared to manage this environmental and conservation crisis. Euan Ritchie argues that it is not too late.
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Australia and Türkiye will, unconventionally, share the “presidency” of the world’s biggest climate summit, COP31. While they present themselves as climate leaders, both are seeking to expand dangerous fossil fuel production. Önder Algedik reports.
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Fossil fuel companies are targeting young people in schools, early childhood centres, museums and community organisations to propagandise about the industry, downplaying its role in causing climate change. Ben Radford reports.
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Traditional water owners from the northern Murray Darling Basin have set up a new First Nations group to ensure that cultural and personal connections to local rivers are restored as part of their water rights and to stop environmental degradation. Tracey Carpenter reports.
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The resignation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s education minister is the Asian Gen Z movements’ latest blow against government corruption and repressive far-right politics. Jonathan Strauss writes that Ecosocialism 2026 will discuss this and many other global struggles, allowing attendees to get a deeper grasp of these movements’ dynamics.
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As record-breaking heatwaves scorch the northern hemisphere and another El Niño summer is predicted here, new research from The Australia Institute says Labor’s safeguard mechanism is failing. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Protests against Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz’s neoliberal government continue to intensify, reports Pablo Meriguet.
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Labor conspicuously omitted plans to avert the climate emergency in its budget, however renewable energy projects are advancing nonetheless. Alex Bainbridge reports.