Is nuclear power a viable clean energy option?
Renewables

Is nuclear power a viable clean energy option?

At the COP28 climate talks in Dubai there was a push by some to use nuclear power as a clean energy option,but critics say it’s too expensive and will take too long to build to make a difference in reducing carbon emissions.

  • byNick O'Malley andMike Foley

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In Dubai,the COP behemoth expands,raising questions about its sustainability
COP28 Dubai

In Dubai,the COP behemoth expands,raising questions about its sustainability

One hundred thousand attendees and counting:The meetings,receptions and parties are accelerating faster than climate change itself.

  • byNick O'Malley
Not even Trump can derail progress on climate,says John Kerry
COP28 Dubai

Not even Trump can derail progress on climate,says John Kerry

The US climate envoy says there is a sense of urgency at COP28 that he hasn’t experienced at previous UN climate summits.

  • byLucy Cormack
NSW to turbocharge transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions
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Emissions

NSW to turbocharge transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions

NSW will hit its current target of halving emissions from 2005 levels by 2030,said Treasurer Matt Kean,who will on Friday announce the new goal of a 70 per cent reduction by 2035.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Australia’s ‘advanced’ plan to host COP prompts bidders to pull out
Climate policy

Australia’s ‘advanced’ plan to host COP prompts bidders to pull out

Australia’s bid to host the 2026 climate talks with Pacific Nations is looking strong but it will now also have Turkey to beat.

  • byNick O'Malley
A global sigh of relief as China and US sit down to talk climate
Analysis
Paris Agreement

A global sigh of relief as China and US sit down to talk climate

Without the world’s two heavyweights onboard,climate talks have been losing momentum.

  • byNick O'Malley
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Fears in Egypt that the gas industry ate the climate talks
Paris Agreement

Fears in Egypt that the gas industry ate the climate talks

Stakes are high,lobbyists thick on the ground and tension mounting as ministers fly in for the crucial week of climate talks in Egypt.

  • byNick O'Malley
Thunberg calls COP26 a ‘failure’ as summit chief warns of a long week ahead
Glasgow summit

Thunberg calls COP26 a ‘failure’ as summit chief warns of a long week ahead

On what was billed as youth day at COP26,Greta Thunberg dismissed the rhetoric of older generations as she addressed thousands of young people who rallied in central Glasgow.

  • byNick O'Malley
‘A matter of survival’:What’s COP26?
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Glasgow summit

‘A matter of survival’:What’s COP26?

What is a “COP”? How did we get here? And what needs to be achieved at Glasgow?

  • byNick O'Malley
‘There are no jobs on a dead planet’,Sharan Burrow tells Biden’s summit
Paris Agreement

‘There are no jobs on a dead planet’,Sharan Burrow tells Biden’s summit

The former Australia trade union chief now a leader of the international union movement committed to supporting a just transition to clean jobs.

  • byNick O'Malley
A signal of hope as US and China find common ground in climate crisis
Analysis
Climate policy

A signal of hope as US and China find common ground in climate crisis

China and America’s agreement to cooperate on climate even as their rivalry grows is a hopeful development as world leaders prepare Biden’s climate summit.

  • byNick O'Malley