Global Issues
Australia's carbon debate mirrors global follies
Roger Pielke Jr is a Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado.
Australia’s longest-running tragedy is starting a new season with a new cast but the same…
Commentary
Nothing to fear but fear
In this op-ed, Dr Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, discusses America's 'war-weariness', drawing comparisons…
Reader riposte: Pro- and anti-nuclear environmentalism
Richard Broinowski writes:
Lowy Institute Research Fellow Daniela Strube should perhaps spend a bit more time examining trends in energy research. The pro-nuclear…
China's environmental crisis, close up
China watcher James West writes for The Atlantic on his latest train trip through China, and has a short accompanying video (above):
I have never before been as dumbfounded as…
The Abbott ascendancy: Implications for international climate policy
Fergus Green teaches Global Energy & Climate Policy at SOAS, University of London.
Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott once famously described the science of climate change as …
Books
Reports from a Turbulent Decade
Throughout a decade of remarkable change and upheaval, the Lowy Institute has discussed, dissected and analysed the big issues shaping global politics, and provided fresh policy…
Speeches
Remarks at the launch of the India Poll 2013
On 20 May 2013, The Lowy Institute launched the India Poll 2013 at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. Indian Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Mr Manish Tewari…
Speeches
Australia-France Strategic Dialogue: Co-Chairs' Report
Australia and France are well-placed to help each other advance their security interests in a rapidly changing world. Despite differences of geography, these two countries share…
Abbott's 'so-called' carbon market
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's clumsy remarks on climate change ('a so-called market, in the non-delivery of an invisible substance to no one') have been roundly criticised and…
Rudd should scrap, not hasten, EU carbon linkage
Fergus Green is a researcher specialising in climate change policy.
Here we go again. The Labor Government is contemplating weakening the carbon scheme for what must be about the…