The immediate effect of the 2012 carbon price was to increase the costs faced by most electricity generators, by an amount that varied between individual power stations depending on that station’s emissions intensity (the emissions per unit of electricity). These costs were then passed on in higher prices to consumers. Simple economics suggests that two...

An emissions reduction target of 40-60% by 2030 would be the bare minimum for Australia to keep pace with its major trading partners and do its part to tackle climate change, according to this report. Key findings The world is stepping up action on climate change, with Australia’s major allies and trading partners setting strong...

Presents the Climate Change Authority's recommendations on Australia's future emissions reduction targets, and constitutes the first part of the Authority's response to the Special Review requested by the Minister for the Environment in December 2014. Background This report builds on the work in the Authority's recent report, Reducing Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Targets and Progress Review...

Thus report looks at the practice by a number of farmers in the Great Southern agricultural region of Western Australia of inoculating seed with fungi spores in order to recover degraded soils.

The Synthesis Report (SYR) of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) provides an overview of the state of knowledge concerning the science of climate change, emphasizing new results since the publication of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report in 2007 (AR4)