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For climate change policy, last year ended with two contradictory scenes: one, the successful passage through parliament of Australia’s carbon price laws; the other, the dispiriting conclusion to the international climate change talks in Durban, writes <b>Fergus Green</b>, a lawyer and policy analyst specialising in climate change.

What happened to the consensus on climate change?

Mar 13, 2012

Canada’s reversal on Kyoto won’t undermine the sense that the Durban climate conference achieved more than many expected, writes <b>Michael Jacobs</b> of <a href="http://www.inside.org.au/" target="_blank"><em>Inside Story</em></a>.

Durban revealed climate’s many shifting allegiances

Dec 19, 2011

For the first time in the history of the international negotiations, Australia can speak with authority and join other nations in taking credible action, writes <b>Erwin Jackson</b>, deputy CEO at Climate Institute.

Australia can speak with authority at Durban climate talks

Nov 28, 2011

The UN climate change talks begin today in Durban in much the same way they have since 1995 -- with rhetoric about why the world needs to act but virtually no agreement on how or when.

Parkinson: Durban talks off to a bad start

Giles Parkinson

Nov 28, 2011

Australia is using the anticipated passage of its carbon pricing scheme to make a renewed push for more ambitious targets on the international stage, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b>, of Climate Spectator.

Oz to push for more ambitious emissions targets on international stage

Sep 21, 2011

Amid predictable exchanges of hysteria and jubilation from the warring factions in the carbon price debate, a more fundamental set of concerns about Ross Garnaut's advice has been missed, writes <b>Fergus Green</b>, a lawyer and policy analyst specialising in climate change.

Garnaut still distracted by the search for the ‘holy grail’

Jun 09, 2011

It’s one of the ironies of Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd’s push to have Australia occupy one of the temporary seats on the United Nations Security Council, that the vote may come down to how poor countries judge Australia’s performance on climate change, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b>, of Climate Spectator.

Australia’s power of climate veto

Feb 08, 2011

Cancun will restore confidence among governments and business that action is going to occur, writes Michael Jacobs, and that makes progress more likely.

Cancun: the glass-half-full outlook

Dec 16, 2010

Without a domestic pollution limit and price Australia will not be in a position to fulfill the commitments made in Cancun, writes <b>Erwin Jackson</b>, deputy CEO of The Climate Institute, from Cancun, Mexico.

UN climate talks get some Mexican mojo

Dec 13, 2010

When Oprah and Cancun collide

Dec 13, 2010

The parties have until Friday morning to agree on negotiations. Experienced negotiators say there is a fat chance of that, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b> of Climate Spectator, from Cancun, Mexico.

Cancun Calling: couple of all-nighters in final countdown

Dec 09, 2010

It’s not yet a crisis, but an air of anxiety and resignation has decended upon the climate talks in Cancun, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b>, of Climate Spectator.

No Cancun crisis yet, but an air of resignation descends on climate talks

Dec 08, 2010

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