A year ago Pope Francis called for better protection for the environment. Now Catholic institutions look poised for widespread divestment from fossil fuels.
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Millions of people live without access to electricity. Now it’s a battle between coal and renewables to bring cheap power.
The broad principle of companies, government bodies and universities divesting from oil, gas and coal companies is sound. But its application needs more sophistication.
Ghana could learn a great deal from Trinidad and Tobago about how to manage its energy sector – and about what pitfalls to avoid.
La Trobe University is the first Australian university to commit to divesting fully from fossil fuels, but will it have any impact?
There’s a wealth of climate policies to choose from this election – but what will they do electricity prices?
We have the technology to phase out fossil fuels, but it will take more than that.
Dealing with fossil fuels means working out how to deal with shared resources. While economists might argue that we tend to selfishness, psychology offers another way.
Renewable resources are being exploited to the extent that there is a loss of species and future generations are threatened.
Phasing out fossils fuels would go a long way to stopping dangerous climate change – but it might be harder than we thought.
The global economy is already unsustainable – let alone if it gets bigger.
Peabody, the world’s largest private coal company, has filed for bankruptcy, symbolising the world’s swing away from coal.
Global average sea level has risen by about 17 cm between 1900 and 2005, but we didn’t know how much of that was due to us, until now.
Woodside’s deferral of its floating gas project in Western Australia is just the latest blow low oil prices have dealt the industry.
Small nuclear reactors are one step closer to powering the UK’s future energy requirements.
Fossil fuel emissions are slowing, but another major climate problem is becoming clear: food production.
Clean energy in Africa is certainly a possibility despite those in the fossil fuel industry believing this not to be true.
Do fossil fuels need saving from efforts to combat climate change? The Australian government seems to think so, but that sort of thinking is out of date.
Just because we’ve got electric supercars, doesn’t mean it’s the only way to a greener future.
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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