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Boris Johnson is hiding from this defining issue. Labour will win if it sets the agenda Where is Boris Johnson? As flooding devastates large parts of the north, the Midlands and Wales, the prime minister’s strategy is to hide from public scrutiny and hope the whole thing blows over. It’s now 10 days and counting

Roughly eight hundred million youth are projected to enter the African job market by 2050. This presents both an opportunity and a challenge for urgently needed sustainability transitions on the continent, because with appropriate training and skills this youth bulge could be instrumental in driving systemic change. By training the youth in new practices and

Latest fortnightly survey shows a majority of Australian voters support net zero either strongly or somewhat A clear and growing majority of Coalition voters support the Morrison government adopting a net zero target for 2050, with support for that proposition climbing 12 points in a month, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The latest

The post India’s Orange Farmers Search for Sustainable Agriculture appeared first on Inter Press Service. Excerpt: India’s Jampui Hills – a picturesque hill station in the north eastern province — has been know for decades as the Orange Bowl. But a changing climate has led farmers on a search for sustainable agriculture. The post India’s

The sea along the Tasmanian east coast is a global heating hotspot — temperatures there have risen at nearly four times the global average. One man has watched entire sea forests disappear in his lifetime Continue reading…

As we continue to see impacts from global heating around the world, research in the places first affected becomes increasingly more important. Off the coast of Tasmania the oceans are heating and it’s one of a handful of places around the world that have seen an increase of 2C in a short time. In this

It won’t be an easy task, but achieving zero net emissions will have a huge payoff for both the economy and the nation When we look at the path to zero net emissions by 2050 two things stand out – firstly it is exactly in line with Labor’s old policy of a 45% cut by

The Coalition’s safeguards mechanism was meant to stop rises in industrial emissions cancelling out cuts paid for by taxpayers – but it’s a colossal failure For nearly 40 years, black coal has been mined at Myuna, an underground operation a short drive south-west of Newcastle. Each year about 2 million tonnes is dug up, dropped

Some in the government do want to shift on climate policy, but it remains to be seen whether they have the guts Given the Coalition’s unconscionable track record, it is very, very hard to assume the Morrison government will approach anything in climate change policy from a position of good faith. But brace yourself, because