What does the Swiss climate decision mean for Australia?

What does the Swiss climate decision mean for Australia?

In a landmark ruling,Europe’s top human rights court has ruled the Swiss government violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change. But what happens next?

  • byBianca Hall

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Landmark court ruling finds Switzerland failed its citizens on climate change

Landmark court ruling finds Switzerland failed its citizens on climate change

The ruling is expected to resonate in court decisions across Europe and beyond,and to embolden more communities to bring climate cases against governments.

  • byGloria Dickie,Kate Abnett andChristian Levaux
Views split on Woodside’s climate stance as investor vote looms

Views split on Woodside’s climate stance as investor vote looms

The company’s credibility will be put to the test this month when backers have their say on its emissions plan and the future of chairman Richard Goyder.

  • byNick Toscano
How a dress rented 53 times saved the equivalent of 159 trees

How a dress rented 53 times saved the equivalent of 159 trees

There’s a new trend in fashion:sustainability,with many shoppers no longer trying before they buy,merely renting.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Woodside and Pilbara fertiliser plant look at storing emissions underground

Woodside and Pilbara fertiliser plant look at storing emissions underground

Woodside and Norway’s Yara are targeting injecting more than one million tonnes of carbon emissions a year under the seabed off the Pilbara coast.

  • byPeter Milne
Split inside conservative green group over new nuclear agenda

Split inside conservative green group over new nuclear agenda

Former NSW energy minister Matt Kean is among supporters who have jumped ship from the green group since it began to back federal Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy.

  • byNick O'Malley
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Groups mount challenge over ‘reckless’ new Qld coal mine

Groups mount challenge over ‘reckless’ new Qld coal mine

The Australian Conservation Foundation and Mackay Conservation Group seek to convince the Queensland Land Court that Whitehaven Coal’s proposed mine would be a reckless contributor to climate change.

  • byTracey Ferrier
Renewable energy boost turns up heat on existing power plants

Renewable energy boost turns up heat on existing power plants

The energy industry is warning greater co-ordination is needed to ensure new supplies are built in time for more coal-fired power plant closures.

  • byNick Toscano
After years of promises on climate change,oil giants are backtracking

After years of promises on climate change,oil giants are backtracking

Fossil fuel majors are choosing profits over plans to bring a clean future closer.

  • byNick O'Malley
How Sydneysiders could save $730 a year by ditching gas

How Sydneysiders could save $730 a year by ditching gas

NSW residents could save $1.1 billion and the equivalent of 1 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions a year by swapping gas for electricity.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Greens threaten Labor’s fuel rules over gas project push

Greens threaten Labor’s fuel rules over gas project push

A controversial reform to offshore gas project assessments,which was expected to be debated in the Senate this week,has been paused.

  • byMike Foley