This submission focuses on Australia’s international undertakings under the United Nation’s Framework on Climate Change and the implications for future targets. Summary The Climate Institutes' submission to the Climate Change Authority’s Special Review on Australia’s future emissions reductions targets. This submission focuses on Australia’s international undertakings under the United Nation’s Framework on Climate Change and...

This report argues that climate change and extreme weather events threaten the viability of much of Australian sport as it’s currently played, either in the back yard, at local grounds, or in professional tournaments. Executive summary Climate change and extreme weather events threaten the viability of Australian sport as it’s currently played, either in the...

This paper argues that Australia should restate its commitment to participate in a new post-2020 framework that is consistent with the national interest of avoiding 2C of global warming. Overview In Lima Climate Summit: Striding or Shuffling to Paris? The Climate Institute lays out the process for the year ahead of the Paris climate summit...

The Australian government should announce an independent, transparent domestic process to define our initial post-2020 target offer, argues this report. Summary Much of the recent climate policy debate in Australia has been framed around our 2020 emissions reduction and renewable energy goals. While these goals remain a key credibility test of Australia’s climate change action...

Excluding the cost of carbon pollution from decision-making creates market distortions and the undervaluation of emission reduction, argues this report. Overview Australia’s energy sector has a long history of subsidies, ranging from government-built infrastructure to favourable taxation regimes. The most significant current subsidy is the unpriced cost of carbon emissions, measured as the impacts of...