Climate Change

Donald Trump has very different views on climate change than outgoing Joe Biden.
US Politics
Jake Dietsch

Gutting the EPA, clawing back funds: Trump’s climate plan

Donald Trump has referred to climate change as a ‘scam’ and a hoax’, so it should come at no surprise that the ‘drill, baby, drill’ Republican is preparing to make some climate protection changes.

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Patrick O'Neal sifts through his home after it was destroyed by the Palisades wildfire on January 13, 2025 in Malibu, California.
Business
Jackson Hewett

What the LA fires mean for Australia and insurance premiums

The economic cost of the LA wildfires is yet to be fully tallied, but is expected to be the most costly fire-related natural disaster the United States has ever seen. This is how it will affect Australia.

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Natural disasters like bushfires and floods have increased insurance costs beyond inflation.
Companies
Kat Wong

How the LA fires could push up Australian insurance costs

Destructive fires in the US could drive up Australians' insurance premiums as the frequency and scale of natural disasters increases across the world.

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Climate change is increasing the potential for flash floods, droughts, intense storms and heatwaves.
Climate Change
Marion Rae

The deadliest risk to millions of people, dollars in 2025

Floods and droughts are among the deadliest threats, scientists warn in a report calling for better preparedness as climate change alters the world water cycle.

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The scientists say the world's least developed countries are suffering most from extra heat spells. (AP PHOTO)
World
Alexa St. John

Earth endured extra 41 days of dangerous heat in 2024

Scientists say human-caused climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat worldwide in 2024.

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Heatwave conditions have cooled in some parts of Australia but are expected to persist in others. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
Climate Change
Adrian Black

Summer rain, heatwaves signal perils of extreme season ahead

Australia's summer weather perils have arrived with heatwave conditions in the south and heavy rain forecast in the north.

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Critics say fossil fuel giants must return capital to shareholders rather than increased production. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
Energy
Marion Rae

Call for super funds to pump gas giants for change

An analysis of the way some of the biggest superannuation funds vote at shareholder meetings suggests they're backing down over the expansion of oil and gas.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has personally intervened to kill off a Nature Positive deal with the Greens.
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Australia
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Inside ‘secret’ EPA deal that Anthony Albanese killed off

Anthony Albanese personally intervened to kill off a deal his environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, was trying to make with the Greens over a proposed Federal EPA. Here’s what went down behind the scenes.

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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and Greens environment spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young are in talks to reach a deal on Nature Positive laws.
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Australia
Dan Jervis-Bardy

WA peak bodies urge PM to kill off EPA deal

Labor and the Greens are edging toward a shock deal to create a new Environment Protection Agency as they look to pass the bill in Federal Parliament’s frantic final sitting week of the year. 

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Countries have clinched a deal to inject $US300 billion annually to combat climate change and help poor nations cope with the impact of global warming.
Climate Change
Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and Karin Strohecker

COP29 clinches $US300 billion climate compromise deal

Countries have clinched a deal to inject $US300 billion annually to combat climate change and help poor nations cope with the impact of global warming.

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Asked when his Government would announce a 2035 target, Albanese replied: “Sometime next year.” 
Opinion
Andrew Carswell

Voters won’t get a say on climate. But they’ll pay the price

ANDREW CARSWELL: Do Australians want to address climate change? Yes, of course. Duh! Do they want to pay for it? Pass the peanuts. Now they actually know they’re paying for it. They feel it. 

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Extreme weather events are pushing up insurance costs beyond what some households can afford.
Politics
Poppy Johnston

Aussies giving up key protections in cost-of-living crunch

More than two-thirds of parents are worried about rising insurance costs pushed higher by climate change.

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Tanya Plibersek and how The Nightly covered the Nature Positive legislation.
Australia
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Green agenda on brink of collapse as Federal election nears

Labor’s hopes of delivering its green agenda are fading as it grapples with a legislative backlog months out from the next Federal election.

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Britain has urged Australia to have ‘greater ambition’ as it weighs up its next steps on climate policy, as experts warn the Trump presidency will make that even more crucial.
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Climate Change
Ellen Ransley

Australia urged to show climate leadership by UK, experts

Britain has urged Australia to have ‘greater ambition’ as it weighs up its next steps on climate policy, as experts warn the Trump presidency will make that even more crucial.

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Tanya Plibersek insists environment talks are ongoing with the Greens and the Coalition despite the Opposition saying there has been “stunning silence”.
Australia
Katina Curtis

‘Silence’: Plibersek insists environment talks still ongoing

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek insists she is still in talks over the Government’s planned environmental watchdog despite the Opposition warning there has been ‘stunning silence’ on the legislation.

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