Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their ...

Human-induced climate change made the intense early January heat wave in Australia five times more likely, according to a new analysis by World Weather Attribution.

The Situation: The Australian government has released its widely anticipated exposure draft legislation for the introduction of Australia's national mandatory climate-related financial disclosures ...

Sept. 15 (UPI) --More than 1.5 million Australians will be at risk from sea level rise by 2050, amid an uncertain future in which climate change will make extreme weather events both more frequent and ...

Australia will spend A$9 billion ($6 billion) on climate adaptation through 2030 as it braces for more frequent, severe and overlapping hazards caused by global warming, the government said in two ...

In a victory for Australian climate protesters, the New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court this week overturned sections of the state’s anti-protest laws. The legal challenge was launched by two members ...

Tuvalu, a Pacific Island nation of 11,200 people, is forecast to be the first country to become uninhabitable due to climate change. In response, it has successfully negotiated the first legally ...

Protests against Shell’s sponsorship of educational materials about climate change in an Australian museum have led to a review of the materials - but campaigners are still push ...