Counting captured carbon

Policy makers need to count carbon ‘stocks’ in the land and sea alongside current reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in order to plan long-term responses to climate change, says a leading economist.

Searching for climate solutions

Crawford School senior lecturer Dr Ida Kubiszewski is to represent the Dominican Republic as part of the delegation at the upcoming COP19 climate change negotiations in Warsaw.

Doha: the cost of climate loss and damage

Exactly what has Australia signed up to at the Doha climate talks, and what will it really cost? Write FRANK JOTZO and JONATHAN PICKERING.

Global poor to suffer worst of warming

Climate change has the potential to cause devastation to the world’s poor and could undo decades of development hard work, according to a senior executive from the World Bank.

Where is it cheapest to cut carbon?

Researchers have shed some light on why some countries are more reluctant to agree to an international carbon price than others.

Australia’s emissions projections: bleak but too pessimistic

The carbon pricing policy is likely to go further towards meeting Australia's emissions targets than the Government's projections suggest, writes FRANK JOTZO.

Where is it cheapest to cut carbon emissions?

Why are different countries pursuing different types of carbon emission reduction schemes, and what will each cost, writes DAVID STERN.

Carbon scheme makes Australia a world leader

Australia’s carbon tax may be a political “hot potato” but on the global stage it’s marking the country out as a leader, according to an executive of the World Bank.