Airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are cutting energy output by more than 25 percent in certain parts of the world, according to a new study.

The regions hardest hit are also those investing the most in solar energy installations: China, India and...

The uptake in distributed solar generation and use of energy efficient appliances will keep grid-supplied electricity consumption stable for the next 20 years despite a projected 30 per cent increase in population and assumed average growth in the Australian economy, a...

The Senate Environment and Communications References Committee has called for submissions to its wide-ranging inquiry into current and future impacts of climate change on housing, buildings and infrastructure.

The inquiry will take into account:

• recent and projected...

The Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee has commenced a review to consider whether to extend the crediting period for the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015 (the landfill gas method).

Crediting period extension rev...

The Carbon Market Institute has launched a Carbon Marketplace to connect carbon credit sellers and purchasers, as well as outlining the range of co-benefits Australian carbon projects are delivering.

Emissions Reduction Fund participants can use the portal to connect wi...

A comment article published in Nature and signed by 60 climate leaders from business, academic and policy backgrounds, has called for an aggressive approach to cutting fossil fuel use to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions begin a downward trend by 2020.

The article, T...

Ice-free areas in Antarctica could expand by close to 25 per cent by 2100 and drastically change the biodiversity of the continent, research published in Nature has shown.

The paper is the first to examine the impact of climate change on ice-free areas in Antarctica, wh...

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has warned that Australia's performance in carbon emissions reduction and environmental protection has decreased in recent years and has urged the Australian government to review its position in support of coal m...

The mangrove wetlands along the tropical coastlines of Australia and the world are the most carbon-rich forests on earth but they are at risk, according to a recent research report.

Professor Rod Connolly, a marine scientist from Griffith University’s Australian Rivers...

Legislation has been passed in the Australian parliament to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which comprise up to two per cent of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

HFCs are powerful synthetic gases used in refrigerators, air conditioners, fire extinguishers and...