Finding Nemo – and Dory – is easy. Deciding whether they should be pets is harder

Jun 15, 2016 04:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Coral reefs across the globe are under threat from climate change. Fishing of any kind is often seen as a further assault on these ecosystems, and any perceived increase in fishing, especially when not for subsistence, is...

Climate Change Series

22 ways to cut your energy bills (before spending on solar panels)

Jun 15, 2016 04:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Law

Winter is here! Despite many Australians opting not to heat their homes to the point of complete comfort, many of us nevertheless will soon receive a nasty surprise when the energy bills arrive. With Australias...

Future of Coal Series

Is coal the only way to deal with energy poverty in developing economies?

Jun 14, 2016 08:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Economy

As the world moves to combat climate change, its increasingly doubtful that coal will continue to be a viable energy source, because of its high greenhouse gas emissions. But coal played a vital role in the Industrial...

Climate Change Series

The Paris climate agreement needs coordinated carbon prices to be successful

Jun 14, 2016 08:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The Paris climate agreement was an important success for climate diplomacy as nation states showed a strong will to cooperate on climate action. But instead of imposing binding national emission targets, the Paris...

AI Revolution Series

Climate Change Series

Climate change makes a comeback – with the help of social media

Jun 14, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

In what has been shaping up as the election that forgot climate change, there are signs emerging in the Coalitions election campaign that it is starting to listen to polls, its own focus groups and social media chat on...

Climate Change Series

Signals from the noise of urban innovation in the world's 'second-least-liveable' city

Jun 11, 2016 17:04 pm UTC| Nature

Politicians, policymakers, urban planners, real-estate developers and corporate executives pay close attention to city liveability rankings. The global urban elite sees these as measures of the metropolitan good. Yet, as...

Climate Change Series

New technology offers hope for storing carbon dioxide underground

Jun 09, 2016 23:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

To halt climate change and prevent dangerous warming, we ultimately have to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. While the world is making slow progress on reducing emissions, there are more radical options,...