The Paris Agreement

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United States President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, sparking global concerns about the future of climate action, reports Rhea Dev.

There is compelling evidence that we need to shift away from a market-based economic system to a needs-based economy with people and nature at its centre, argues Susan Price.

As the climate emergency and extinction crises deepen, there is no choice but to struggle to democratise the economy so that it can be made to serve social needs and ecological sustainability. Peter Boyle reports.

Australia is unlikely to achieve net zero by 2050 in the absence of radical policy changes, writes John Quiggin.

Premier Andrew鈥檚 energy announcement聽is a nod to the failures of聽privatisating聽the energy sector and the growing pressure to speed up the transition, argues Sarah Hathway.

The 鈥渄ecade of inaction鈥 that Labor accuses the Greens of instigating is聽a product of the former鈥檚 refusal to take climate action seriously, argues Alex Bainbridge.

Expectations are high that climate action will be on the agenda, now the climate-denialist Coalition has been booted out. But, as Alex Bainbridge argues, Labor's support for big fossil fuel projects must be challenged by building powerful聽grassroots action.

Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan's聽鈥渘et zero is dead鈥 campaign should hardly come as聽a surprise, argues聽Binoy Kampmark.

In a historic verdict, the District Court of the Hague has ruled that fossil-fuel giant Shell must reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 45% within 10 years, writes Kerry Smith.

The climate-denying federal government is putting Australia on track聽to reach net zero emissions in 300 years, writes Sarah Hathway.

The major parties are doubling down on supporting聽their fossil fuel mates. Alex Bainbridge argues there needs to be united effort to force them to agree to 2030 emission targets.

While the world literally burns from climate and political turmoil, Nnimmo Bassey argues聽the impacts of the climate crisis in Africa and other vulnerable regions is often聽overlooked.