Paris Agreement
- Breaking
- Liberal Party
Canavan leads group of five demanding Coalition debate scrapping net zero
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has ordered an internal review of emissions targets, but the topic that almost split the Coalition is back on the agenda.
- Paul Sakkal
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- Climate crisis
As Coalition battles, government says it’s on track for climate cuts
Australia’s national greenhouse emissions fell 1.4 per cent in the year to March 2025 and are sitting at 28 per cent below 2005 levels.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Exclusive
- Resolve Political Monitor
Australians have their say on new climate targets as Coalition prepares for another brawl on net zero
A more ambitious 2035 emissions-reduction target gets support from a range of Australians, even from Coalition voters.
- James Massola and Paul Sakkal
- Exclusive
- Renewables
‘Off like a rocket’: Battery rebate prompts massive rooftop power surge
The equivalent of South Australia’s Hornsdale big battery is being installed every 8.7 days after the rebates began.
- Nick O'Malley
How do you decarbonise an economy? Line by line, says Matt Kean
The Liberal Party true believer finds himself at the centre of one of the Albanese Labor government’s most confounding policy challenges.
- Nick O'Malley and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Flash floods kill more than 360 in Pakistan, India
The floods came so fast that many people could not leave their homes, one eyewitness said, as forecasters warn of more rain to come.
- Swati Gupta, Faseeh Mangi, Muhammad Sajjad and Riaz Khan
- Opinion
- Climate solutions
Forget net zero. We need ‘real zero’ – and these companies prove it’s profitable
Three huge global companies – IKEA, Lendlease and Fortescue Mining – are heading towards real zero. If they can do it, so can everyone.
- Claire Snyder
Great Barrier Reef suffers record coral decline, mass bleaching
Year upon year of marine heatwaves are battering the Great Barrier Reef, the most recent survey of coral coverage shows.
- Nick O'Malley
- Analysis
- Analysis
What’s in a number? New carbon target sparks new climate warfare
Australia needs to come up with its next emission reduction target under its commitment to the Paris Agreement. The lobbying is intensifying.
- Nick O'Malley
- Updated
- Political leadership
Go big on climate plans, Labor MPs tell Albanese, as net zero fight rages
The MPs demanded ambition as leading economist Ross Garnaut said Australia’s renewable energy transition was “sick”.
- Nick O'Malley, Paul Sakkal and Caitlin Fitzsimmons