Australia, The Bahamas, India and Nigeria have all made legislative progress on climate change since COP26. Using data from the Climate Change Laws of the World database, this commentary assesses the impact of these developments in domestic climate legislation. Read more
This article looks into the case of a group of teenagers who filed a case with Australia’s highest court against... Read more
This news article reports on an Australian court case in which a judge formalised into law a government’s duty of... Read more
This report uses a new data-driven online tool, the Green Transition Navigator, to analyse the green competitiveness of the seven individual G7 member states and invited countries. Read more
Germany, Italy and the United States will participate in the G7 summit as global leaders in green competitiveness, while Australia will attend as a ‘green laggard’, according to a new analysis published today (11 June 2021) . Read more
Bob Ward responds to analysis which suggests that the recent bushfires in Australia are likely to cause a jump in carbon concentrations in the atmosphere. He says that such feedback processes will lead to the exhaustion of our emissions budgets even more quickly than expected. Read more
Bob Ward asserts that the spread of misinformation about the causes of Australia's current bushfires - which experts link explicitly to climate change - is a threat to lives and livelihoods. Read more
Rebecca Byrnes sets out three ways to progress climate action in Australia following the re-election of the centre-right Coalition. Read more
Post-disaster social recovery remains the least understood of the disaster phases despite increased risks of extreme events leading to disasters... Read more
