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Environment

As the Asia-Pacific region develops, a UN report shows how prosperity can grow without causing a rise in carbon emissions. It is not as difficult or costly as it may sound.

4:21 PM, 15 May 2012

What does the Murray-Darling Basin Authority plan to do about climate change in its Murray-Darling Basin plan?

3:07 PM, 14 May 2012

It will take a while for the global power system to phase out old power stations and be dominated by renewables, but the transition away from coal is proceeding much faster than imagined.

3:02 PM, 14 May 2012

Canada's politicians, knowing full well that oil-sand crude represents a major economic opportunity, have been lobbying with stunning ferocity in Europe – but are their efforts working?

7:52 AM, 14 May 2012

Weather catastrophes are striking with greater regularity, leaving insurers to re-assess the risks they are willing to take.

6:40 AM, 12 May 2012

New divisions in geopolitics are putting sustainable growth and the push toward a clean economy at risk – and Rio+20 might end up having nothing to show for itself.

8:14 AM, 11 May 2012