Election offers a chance of change

This week’s Malaysian election is set to be a battle of ideas and ideologies.

Your vote could turn tables on hunger

Crawford School students need your vote to put them in the running for US$1 million to implement their solution to global hunger.

Planting the seeds for a new world economy

The world’s foremost ecological economist has used a report launch at Crawford School to call for a sustainable alternative to our current economic system.

Bob Brown's advice to Crawford students

Environmentalist and former leader of the Greens Dr Bob Brown has some advice for Crawford School students in their future careers: make sure you’re doing something that people will be grateful for a hundred years from now.

Taxing times produce climate answers

Complex modeling, discussions and negotiations about the effects and challenges of implementing an economy-wide carbon tax in South Africa led to the African country taking a bold plan to the Copenhagen climate negotiations.

Policy makers eye pricing scheme

China is keeping a close eye on Australia's carbon pricing scheme, but that doesn't mean they'll adopt the same ideas, according a leading expert.

China comes clean on carbon emissions

China is seeing through the smog and making major inroads towards reducing carbon emissions, according to a leading expert.

Global poor to suffer worst of warming

Climate change has the potential to cause devastation to the world’s poor and could undo decades of development hard work, according to a senior executive from the World Bank.

Dollars for disasters

Funding emergency shelter for pets in the aftermath of a cyclone is too high a price to pay, but people are willing to dip into their pockets for faster resupply of utilities and fresh food.

Rethinking federalism

The outgoing Chairman of the COAG Reform Council Paul McClintock AO has called for a “national conversation” about the future of Australia’s federal system.