Climate Crisis

Climate protesters have brought Adelaide’s streets to a standstill after abseiling off the side of a bridge while rallying against a fossil fuel conference. A group from Extinction Rebellion gathered around protester Meme Thorne, 69, as she…

For a Government that has promised to take action on climate change and environmental protection after a “decade of neglect” by the Coalition, Labor’s second budget has left experts and advocates bitterly disappointed.Although this budget…

An extreme heatwave is smothering much of Asia. That’s rare for this early in the year. It’s unusual that it’s already lasted a fortnight. It’s odd because it stretches across 12 countries from India, over mainland China and through to…

The economic cost of greenhouse gas emissions is nearly five times higher than previously thought, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday. The minister told attendees at a climate change conference in Ottawa that the…

Environment and energy ministers from G7 countries wrapped two days of talks in northern Japan on Sunday without acting on Canada’s push to set a timeline for phasing out coal-fired power plants. In their 36-page communique after the…

Canada will take a “hard long look” at a call from global climate scientists to hit its long-term greenhouse gas emissions targets 10 years earlier than planned, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday. But he wouldn’t…

One of Australia’s leading climate researchers says a new report will be the “final warning” to reduce carbon emissions before 2030. The contributions of almost 300 scientists across 67 countries to avoid irreversible climate change will be…

Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has allegedly deleted a 2018 social media post that stated “humanity would be wiped out” if fossil fuels didn’t stop being used by 2023.Ms Thunberg has long campaigned for an end to fossil fuels to…

Hundreds of people stood firm, despite a heavy rainstorm over Sydney’s CBD, to demand faster action on climate change. Students, parents, union members, activists and First Nations people flooded into Town Hall just before midday on Friday…

WARNING: Distressing content.Lockdown was mentally hard for many people but studies show that people with eating disorders saw their symptoms escalate. A Melbourne mum recounts how she found herself feeling helpless as her teen daughter…