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Marrakech and the moving feast of climate politics

Posted on 22 November 2016 by Peter Boyer

Could a Donald Trump presidency kill off effective global climate action? Politics is a game played around reality, which is to say it’s not about reality at all, but about what we’d like it to be. The UN climate meeting at … Continue reading →

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Climate policy goes missing in a dispiriting election campaign

Posted on 10 August 2010 by Peter Boyer

The major parties have departed the scene when it comes to action on climate in this 2010 federal election. Their policies are next to worthless in the absence of an effective carbon pricing scheme. [10 August 2010 | Peter Boyer] The … Continue reading →

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