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Elizabeth Lee talks COP26 and climate action

The Canberra Liberals' Elizabeth Lee attended COP26 as a delegate of the Coalition for Conservation. She reflects on her experience.

Elizabeth Lee confident on climate action after COP26

Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee has come back from COP26 with innovative ideas for climate action and reducing the carbon footprint.

Local farmer named environmentalist of the year

Forty years of good land management on his property has earned farmer John Ive the title of 2021 ACT Environmentalist of the Year.

GreenLaw founder Annika Reynolds’ ‘has hope for the future’

Founding GreenLaw while still at ANU, Annika Reynolds is focused on empowering the next generation to be integral within climate action.

Actsmart awards celebrate Canberra’s sustainable schools

Chapman Primary School was named the ACT Sustainable School of the Year in a ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery this morning.

Rattenbury: Canberra leads on climate action

Canberra remains a leader on climate action, said Shane Rattenbury, who released a report on its climate change achievements for 2020-21.

COP26: step up on emission cuts this decade Australia, or pay the price

Australia's international reputation has taken a battering as nations leave COP26 with a renewed sense of urgency to act on climate change this decade.

To the editor: Stefaniak denying climate science

No, Bill Stefaniak, it is not okay to dismiss Greta Thunberg as ‘troubled’ (CW 11 November 2021 p8). Anger is a rational response to the unfolding disaster of climate change.

Canberra Liberals leader will go to COP26

Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee will attend the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference conference in Glasgow.

World leaders dial up doomsday warning at COP26

World leaders have turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric in an attempt to bring new urgency to climate negotiations.

Prime Minister can look to the ACT for net zero inspiration

The Morrison Government need only look outside the doors of Parliament House for inspiration as it desperately searches for credibility on climate action.

Nationals back net zero, with safeguards

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take a net zero by 2050 target to the Glasgow climate talks.

Indian PM Modi to attend Glasgow climate summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the UN climate summit in Glasgow, the country's environment minister says, in a boost for global efforts for steeper emission cuts to fight global warming.

To the editor: Stefaniak rehearses climate-denier lines

Bill Stefaniak rehearses standard climate-denier lines, arguing our greenhouse gas abatement efforts will make no difference, so we should do nothing (CW, 21 October 2021, page 8).

Sustainable House Day returns as month-long online event

Unique and inspiring sustainable homes are popping up across Australia as the drive for more eco-friendly building action to help reduce carbon emissions becomes more mainstream. Sustainable House Day provides the opportunity for...

To the editor: Time to act on climate change is now

While Covid is the immediate challenge, climate change is a long-term problem that has no vaccination solution, this reader argues.

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