Climate change

2024 was the hottest year on record and also the first year to surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to Copernicus.

Australia just recorded its hottest spring, with sweltering heat and heavy rainfall across September to November.

The new climate finance goal was announced at the end of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference — COP29.

Over the next two weeks, representatives from around 200 countries will discuss plans to tackle climate change.

The “State of the Climate” report said the impact of methane on global warming is 80 times greater than carbon dioxide.

This week, both Tuvalu and the UNEP called on Australia to strengthen its climate policies to avoid the worst case scenario.

The Federal Government has approved the extension of three coal mines in NSW, sparking backlash from environmental activists.

The hottest winter day on record was 28 August: 41.6°C at Yampi Sound in northwest WA.

Blackouts aren’t predicted to occur in the renewable energy transition, with a new report downgrading forecasts of “reliability gaps”.

Yampi Sound in WA’s Kimberley region recorded a temperature of 41.6°C around 3:30 pm (AWST) on Monday.

SunCable says the Power Link will be “the world’s biggest integrated renewable energy and battery storage facility.”

The average temperature of the Great Barrier Reef from January to March was nearly 0.2°C higher than the previous year.

This week, the world recorded the two hottest days on record back-to-back, prompting warnings that heat records will continue being broken.

Global temperatures are rising as every month between July 2023 to June 2024 was 1.5 degrees hotter than pre-industrial levels.

A Senate report has advised against adopting a law that would create a climate-related duty of care for the government.

Global warming and pollution are more life-threatening than drug abuse, war and terrorism, new research has found.

Debate has sparked over Australia’s 2030 climate target, as the Opposition Leader says 43% emissions reduction isn’t achievable.

The Lowy Institute surveyed 2,000 respondents about Australia’s place in the world for its annual poll.

Environmental group ECCQ has lost a Federal Court appeal to hold the Environment Minister legally responsible for assessing the climate impact of coal mines.

The Government released its “Future Gas Strategy” last week,
outlining how it plans to use gas for the “economy’s transition to net zero”.

Two First Nations men have made legal arguments the Government has a legal obligation to protect them from climate change harms.

Qld Premier Steven Miles said the laws would put the state “on par“ with the most ambitious targets in the country.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said global coral bleaching can put local economies and food security at risk.

National average temperatures last winter were 1.53°C above the 1961-1990 average, making it Australia’s hottest winter since records began in 1910.

A group of older Swiss women have won a climate lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights, in what experts have called a landmark ruling.

It marks the tenth consecutive month of record-breaking temperatures.

This latest data gives researchers an insight into the scale of larger plastic waste at the bottom of the ocean for the first time.

Sewage dropped on a Perth bushfire has led to a formal investigation about the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The first month of 2024 was the world’s hottest January on record, the European Union’s climate agency has announced.

The Federal Government would encourage car companies to sell more low-emissions vehicles under a fuel efficiency standard.

2023 was the warmest year on record, eclipsing a record set in 2016. Records from the European Union date back to 1850.

Record rainfall has caused flooding in some parts of Victoria, with some residents under evacuation warnings.

What are NSW’s anti-protest laws? The state’s Supreme Court struck down part of the laws, finding it was unconstitutional.

Talks at the COP28 in Dubai have wrapped up with an historic pledge for countries transition away from fossil fuels.

Hot and dry conditions from an El Niño weather event are likely to continue into May next year, according to the BoM.

More people are choosing not to have children in a climate crisis because of “eco-anxiety”, according to a review by PLOS Climate.

Countries at last year’s UN climate conference made a “historic” agreement to set up a fund to compensate poorer countries for climate-related extreme weather events.

Controlled burns are taking place across Sydney to minimise the risk of future bushfires. This is why it’s smoky in Sydney right now.

In his final speech, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has criticised the media for personal attacks but admitted he had “difficulties” communicating.

The report, conducted by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said the June-August period was the warmest “by a large margin”.

A group of young people have won a court case against the U.S. state of Montana, arguing climate inaction violates their rights.

Several days in the first week of July broke daily temperature records and July is now on track to be the hottest month on record.