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Op-Ed: Collapseologists are warning humanity that business-as-usual will make the Earth uninhabitable Christopher Ketcham and Jeff Gibbs © (Photo illustration by Nicole Vas/Los Angeles Times; John Antczak/Associated Press) (Photo illustration by Nicole Vas/Los Angeles Times; John Antczak/Associated Press) Hundreds of scientists, writers and academics from 30 countries sounded a warning to humanity in an open letter published in the Guardian in December: Policymakers and the rest of us must “engage openly with the risk of disruption and even collapse of our societies.” �...

Scott Morrison’s five major challenges for 2021 Save Normal text size Advertisement Scott Morrison set a simple rule when he invited cabinet ministers to his Australia Day barbecue this week: wear thongs. The dress code was as relaxed at The Lodge as it was in most parts of the country after a summer that could have been so much worse. Australia avoided a third wave of the pandemic despite the worst fears of doomsayers only weeks ago. But the cycle is not over. The community rolls from lockdown to release, from border bans to booking flights. Scott Morrison cannot be sure which challenge...

Leading scientists have taken the government’s own figures and found it’s overspent so much of Australia’s carbon budget that it now needs to cut emissions to half of 2005 levels by 2030.

Last modified on Wed 27 Jan 2021 20.07 EST Australia will effectively be abandoning the Paris agreement unless it makes at least a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reaches net zero well before 2050, according to an analysis by policymakers and scientists. A report by a new group calling itself the Climate Targets Panel found the Morrison government should be setting a 2030 emissions reduction target of between 50% and 74% if Australia was to comply with goals of limiting global heating to 2C and 1.5C respectively. Both would be a significant increase on the Morrison government�...

Australia on track to break Paris carbon emission commitments Normal text size Advertisement Australia must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2045 if it is to do its part to keep warming to less than 2 degrees, an expert panel has found. The 2-degree figure is the upper limit of the Paris Agreement signed by the government in 2016. To reach the more ambitious goal of 1.5 degrees set by the agreement, the nation must reduce emissions by 74 per cent by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2035, according to an analysis by the newly created Climate ...