None of the 2020 global biodiversity targets will be met. For the sake of both nature and humanity, we must urgently change course. George Bowling, the middling protagonist of Orwell’s Coming up for Air, has a simple dream — to escape to the nature-filled days of his childhood. When he…

Green hydrogen has fuelled optimism in politicians and investors alike for its potential to decarbonise the trickier sectors of the economy, like heavy industry and long-haul transport. …

If you ask a random stranger about economics — as you do — chances are, they won’t know much. They will probably be able to tell you that economic growth is important, recessions are bad, and they are likely to have heard of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP. The economy…

Strap yourselves in, we’re likely to be in this fight against the coronavirus for the long haul. — By now, you’ve probably heard the term ‘flattening the curve’ — the idea being that if we can limit the peak of COVID-19 cases to below the capacity of health systems, we’ll save millions of lives. …

We are living through truly remarkable times. COVID-19 is proliferating and threatens to infect between 40% and 70% of the population, which would result in millions of deaths. Society’s response to COVID-19 is equally alarming — to date, we’ve observed overt racism, hoarding, travel bans and lockdowns. The measures taken…

It breaks my heart to read about the devastating bushfires in Australia. Each day, new horrifying accounts emerge, seemingly with no end in sight. Thankfully there are some heart-warming stories too, stories of the courage of firefighters — affectionately known as firies — and the generosity of strangers. While I’m…

It really shouldn’t have come to this. As we embrace this new decade, we are faced with the daunting task of needing to halve global CO2 emissions to limit the increase in global average temperatures to the ‘safe’ level of 1.5°C above pre-industrial times. …

Midnight Oil achieved global success in the ’80s with their single Beds Are Burning. You’d probably know it if you heard it. And you’d probably recognise the lead singer — Peter Garrett — with his characteristic shiny head, beanpole figure and wooden-push-puppet-esque dancing style. Up until then, the Aussie pub…

On 6 May 2019, the UN IPBES released a summary of its landmark global assessment report on biodiversity. The warnings were stark — as a result of human activities, nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history, placing a million species at risk of extinction. …