Australia, Rusia o Brasil están entre los países que se burlan del acuerdo de París contra el calentamiento y han presentado los mismos objetivos o, incluso, son menos ambiciosos que los de hace cinco años.
La reciente investigación instaba al país océanico a abandonar el 95% de sus reservas de carbón para evitar los nefastos efectos de la crisis climática. Según el gobierno, el carbón experimenta un aumento en su demanda.
A senior UN official has warned the climate crisis will "wreak havoc" across the Australian economy if coal is not rapidly phased out, and joined those explicitly calling for the Morrison government to adopt more ambitious emissions reduction goals.
La campaña "Actúa por Hope: detén el nuevo macropuerto de Tenerife" impulsada por Movemos Europa pide que se denieguen los permisos y los fondos para la construcción del puerto de Fonsalía.
Biological control strategies curb pests using other species that attack the invader. A biologist explains why it can take more than a decade to develop an effective biological control program.
A pair of English researchers found that New Zealand is best poised to stay up and running as climate change continues to wreak global havoc. Other scientists found flaws in their model.
The COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns exerted a slight net warming effect on the planet, but Australian wildfires had a much bigger and faster climate impact, cooling the planet from December 2019 through mid-2020, a new study finds.
UNESCO's upcoming decision on whether to put the Great Barrier Reef on an 'in danger' list should be a wake-up call to Australia on climate policy, says climatologist Michael Mann.
The Indigenous leader Adrian Burragubba brought a complaint to the Queensland human rights commission after police broke up a protest against Adani's coalmine in August last year.
Southern Australia's sharks and rays face mounting threats as warmer waters push more tropical species southwards and habitats change, exacerbating threats to critically endangered species.
The manufacturing plant responsible for PFAS-coated fast food packaging pumps out loads of a banned ozone-depleting compound along with "forever chemicals."
"We already know enough about the harm being caused by these very persistent substances to take action to stop all non-essential uses and to limit exposure from legacy contamination."
The chemicals, linked to health problems including cancer and thyroid disease, have contaminated drinking water in Pittsburgh communities like Coraopolis and McKeesport.
