Climate Change

A warming planet threatens the world’s favourite drug.

A new study suggests an ancient species of great ape - Gigantopithecus blacki - was likely driven to extinction by environmental changes.

Victorian coastal communities face heightened flood threats caused by climate change-induced sea level rises by the turn of the century, a report forecasts.

Today China is an industrial powerhouse, home to over a quarter of the world’s manufacturing — more than America and Germany combined. But its progress has come at a cost in terms of emissions.

If policies in place today are followed, global warming expected by 2100 could fall by up to 0.5°C. That is still so high as to be disastrous for billions. But it is also a marked improvement.

Scientists from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service say 2023 was the hottest year in global temperature records since 1850.

The more ambitious industrial policy becomes, the more difficult it will be for politicians to exercise the control advocates say is required.

Sodium, which is found in the salt in seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium - and cheaper to get.

Scientists say the juggernaut’s breakaway from Antarctica is a stark reminder of the potentially disastrous implications as global sea levels rise.

Big NAB customers in the fossil fuel sector seeking new or renewed corporate finance from October 2025 will need to have a climate transition plan in place.