A temporary overshoot of a 1.5 degrees temperature rise appears almost inevitable, according to a new IPCC report, which presents strategies for deep emission cuts in all parts of the global economy.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said private sector companies still financing coal extraction "must be held to account", following the release of a new report by the IPCC.
A major insurer, a top advisory firm, and a climate science research group have warned that current business efforts to evaluate climate change impacts are likely to result in misleading market disclosures and bad decisions.
South Australia's EPA will review business environmental licence conditions to ensure they take proper account of the increasing risk of extreme weather, according to a new climate change position statement.
A water-cycle climate resilience plan, one of seven sector plans released today by the Victorian government, identifies several significant risks to business, agriculture and communities.
The Victorian government today gazetted changes that require planners to prepare for sea level rise of 0.8 metres by 2100, and which explicitly make retreat from the coast a response option.
The latest IPCC report provides powerful new evidence to support the claims of climate change litigants, according to environment groups, lawyers and climate scientists.