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Survey in 16 countries finds just over half of consumers believe their own behaviour can help A small majority of people believe there is still time to make a difference and slow global heating, a survey of consumer attitudes in 16 countries reveals. People aged 55 and over believe most strongly that their behaviour can

Top US diplomat in Canberra says US and Australia have a shared obligation to protect the planet The top US diplomat in Australia has declared both countries need to set “more ambitious climate goals” and tackle the climate crisis “head on”, as international pressure mounts on the Morrison government to act. Mike Goldman, who is

Left-leaning states had focused on how global heating would affect others. Then the ‘heat dome’ arrived The record heatwave in the Pacific north-west is forcing a reckoning on the climate crisis, as many living in the typically mild region consider what rising temperatures mean for the future. A “heat dome” without parallel trapped hot air

Support for this paper was gratefully received from the Korea Institute of Finance. Abstract The development and growth of the financial sector within the last 50 years has been justified on the grounds that new instruments and greater levels of trade result in a more efficient allocation of risk.  The experience of the Great Financial Crisis

The US president blamed the climate crisis for a record-breaking heatwave when he met governors from western states as fierce wildfires burn in northern California. ‘Climate change is driving a dangerous confluence of extreme heat and prolonged drought,’ Biden said. ‘Wildfires are not a partisan phenomenon. They don’t stop at a county or a state