The International Energy Agency today warned the ERF and the Safeguard Mechanism don't effectively limit carbon emissions, and cautioned that the National Energy Guarantee won't be a 'silver bullet'.
Australia's capacity to overcome severe and catastrophic events is under strain, and climate change could accelerate instability, according to security agencies.
A new pollution bill would allow the government to set emission standards for products to protect health and the environment, or to meet international climate change obligations.
Climate change will cause regional disruption, but concerns about large-scale influxes of 'climate refugees' are ill-founded, a Senate inquiry has been told.
A new Australian report downplays estimates that meeting Barrier Reef water quality targets will cost $8.2 billion and instead emphasises what can be achieved with $623 million.