From UN leaders to former Australian Defence Force chiefs, a growing chorus of voices argues that dependence on fossil fuels is not just a climate issue, but a national security risk — exposing countr...

The government will hand over $10.8bn this financial year under the scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol

After much anticipation, Australia has its new climate targets. Now that the dice have fallen, we consult experts on their assessment of how these targets stack up with what’s at stake.

China has put its economic might behind renewable technologies in a desire to stop relying on imported fossil fuels.

The International Court of Justice was unequivocal about the consequences for countries that make the climate crisis worse. As one of the world's biggest fossil fuel exporters, it puts Australia on no...

Good morning, I have been writing this blog post after getting home to wrap my own head around the scale of the count. I expect I will have some issues with the website’s accessibility today,…

Analysis by international think tank InfluenceMap has looked at how the gas industry has pushed back against efforts in Victoria to transition away from gas as part of a global campaign to keep househ...

Entry submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. This is the fifth year for our annual awards program, and every year we’re amazed by the quality and variety of work ent...

Have you ever done something that’s just blown everything up? A single decision that changed everything? This episode is all about people taking a stand for the climate. It’s about being brave in tho...

Nationals senator Matthew Canavan has said in an interview that his party introduced a nuclear policy as a political fix, in a video that emerges amid his colleague Keith Pitt announcing he will quit ...

Minutes after officially recommending a "greenfield" coal mine be approved in Queensland, and approving extensions to three others, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek boldly declared no new coal min...

Public life ground to a halt, many lost power, and scores of people died behind closed doors. What sounds like the start of a post-apocalyptic movie is in fact Melbourne in January 2009.

Violent winds knocked down electricity transmission towers in South Australia and caused a massive blackout, plunging the state into darkness also started a heated national conversation about renewabl...

Public life ground to a halt, many lost power, and scores of people died behind closed doors. What sounds like the start of a post-apocalyptic movie is in fact Melbourne in January 2009.

Gomeroi woman Dorothy Tighe stood up to a room full of powerful people for her country. Student Solomon Yeo took his message from a Vanuatu university to the UN General Assembly.  Solomon's story and...

Lawyers representing Tiwi Islanders trying to stop a gas pipeline running through their traditional sea country have been ordered to pay more than $9 million to gas giant Santos for its legal costs.