WMO’s climate and energy lead Roberta Boscolo on the latest climate report, the 1.55°C average temperature rise and heating oceans. Plus: A wrap of the news in our first podcast of 2025.

Near neighbours of one of the country’s biggest wind projects are being given the opportunity to choose how close they want to be to the proposed turbines.

Big batteries have overtaken gas as the second biggest player in the evening demand peaks, and their owners are cashing in on the privilege.

A 500 MWh vanadium flow battery – the biggest in Australia – has been promised for the mining town of Kalgoorlie in a new state election pledge.

Australia’s electricity market is old, outdated and not doing enough to drive investment in the renewable energy needed for the country to hit its climate targets.

A $230 million project investigating ways to make extracting future materials more sustainable will bring together five research groups from five continents, including one from Australia.

But questions remain about the future of its giant smelters and refineries in Queensland after the new LNP state government put a halt to new wind farm approvals. That includes the 1.4 GW Bungapan ...