Party treasurer Nick Candy says events will be held ‘in restaurants, people’s private homes and on yachts’

The science can be clear. The facts can be beyond dispute. But winning the policy debate is rarely straightforward. Last year, Australia Institute Press published its first title, presenting 32 big id...

Ending fossil fuel subsidies should be the first order for any government serious about fairness and climate action.

There is an urgent need for a Great Food Transformation to reduce environmental harm and to increase food system resilience. His research and writing on…

Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week The world will be “unable to cope” with the sheer volume of plastic waste a decade from now unless countries agree to curbs on production, the co-chair of a coalition of key countries has warned ahead of crunch talks on curbing global plastic pollution. Speaking before the final, critical round of UN talks on the first global treaty to end plastic waste, in Busan, South Korea, this week, Norway’s minister for international development, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, acknowledged the split that had developed between plastic-producing countries and others. She represents more than 60 “high ambition” nations, led by Rwanda and Norway, who want plastic pollution tackled over its full life cycle. Crucially, this means clamping down heavily on production. Continue reading...

Brian Fisher, an economist employed for decades by the Australian government, was essential to obstructing not just climate policy in Australia but global climate action.