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A man leaving his home walking through flood waters.

Why are insurance costs going up right now?

14 Sep 2022

A UNSW Business School expert explains why rising insurance premiums are set to join other affordability pressures for Australians.

a coal processing plant in chinas shanxi province

China's energy crisis sees the world's top emitter investing in more coal

30 Aug 2022

China is in the midst of a devastating heatwave and drought. Amid an electricity crisis, China has doubled down on coal investments to meet demand.

wind turbines in the countryside

It’ll be impossible to replace fossil fuels with renewables by 2050, unless we cut our energy consumption

25 Aug 2022

Key to success will be transitioning to an ecologically sustainable economy, with greener technologies and industries.

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Small window of opportunity left to preserve Antarctica's 'sleeping giant'

11 Aug 2022

The future of the world’s largest ice sheet and rising sea levels depend on urgent action on global warming, study finds.

Aerial view of a depleted river in the Murray Darling system of rivers

It's official: the Murray-Darling Basin Plan hasn't met its promise to our precious rivers. So where to now?

04 Aug 2022

Federal Labor has pledged to deliver the Murray Darling Basin Plan. But a new report casts serious doubt on that promise.

Windmills on a hill with fields in the foreground

4 lessons for the Albanese government in making its climate targets law. We can’t afford to get this wrong

25 Jul 2022

New research looked at similar laws in Victoria and around the world. The Albanese government must learn from their successes and failures.

Ancient city of Mayapan, Mexico

Climate, conflict, collapse: how drought destabilised the last major precolonial Mayan city

20 Jul 2022

A change in climate may have triggered the decline and collapse of the Mayan city of Mayapán in the 15th century.

a kangaroo with joey stands amid a burnt out forrest

Australia’s most important report on the environment’s deteriorating health presents grim findings

19 Jul 2022

Three chief authors of the State of the Environment Report provide its key findings. While it’s a sobering read, there are a few bright spots.

adriana verges measuring crawyeed at bondi

Help for our kelp: the global movement to restore our underwater forests

18 Jul 2022

Marine ecologists from UNSW Sydney have pieced together the untold history of kelp forest management around the world. The findings will help us understand how we can bring this vital ecosystem back from the brink.

Cows standing in a paddock among gum trees with the sun on the horizon

Australia’s central climate policy pays people to grow trees that already existed. Taxpayers deserve better

15 Jul 2022

Our new analysis suggests the vast majority of carbon credits granted for regrowing native forests either has not occurred, or would have occurred anyway.

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