Last week, in the biggest policy reversal of his prime ministership, aimed at wooing big businesses and the Liberal Party, Kevin Rudd announced important changes concerning Australia’s emission trading scheme. » Read more...
As predicted in Climatico’s last national climate policy report, Australia has just taken the lead, along with Britain, in the development of Carbon Capture and Storage. » Read more...
[caption id="attachment_2998" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="The G20 leaders standing for their "] [/caption] The G20 Summit in London has now concluded, with US President Obama filling the main press briefing room for an hour-long press session. » Read more...
As expected, the global economy took center stage at the G20 Summit held yesterday in London. » Read more...
The Climatico Team will be providing a live-blog service on the climate change aspects of the G20 Summit and surrounding events in London, United Kingdom. » Read more...
Earth Hour has grown far beyond the expectations of its organiser, WWF Australia, with about one billion people around the world following Sydney's lead and switching off lights on Saturday night. » Read more...
Since it was first introduced in 1997 as “a world-first” in greenhouse gas reductions, the GreenPower programme has demonstrated that the Australian population feels concerned about climate change. » Read more...
On March 5 2009 Climatico released its first assessment report of national climate policy across twelve of the G20 countries. » Read more...
Australia's vulnerability to climate change effects has been more than obvious in the past weeks. » Read more...
Thinking about climate change effects, we often picture disastrous environmental consequences, threats to iconic species, as well as necessary changes in our way of life and economy. » Read more...
The economics of reducing greenhouse gas emissions are a complicated business. » Read more...
Last week, from the midst of COP-14 in Poland, I reported that the major developed countries were engaged in something of a waiting game on emissions targets, each waiting to see what others would do before announcing their own. » Read more...
Environmental problems have long been played according to game theory: a world of states that act as discrete sovereign units inhabiting an environment that is globally interconnected. » Read more...
Day 9 has started with a bump after two days of no formal negotiations. » Read more...