Planet A Australia’s 2023–24 budget allocates $4 billion to combat the impacts of climate change and turn Australia into a ‘renewable energy superpower’. The commitments include $2 billion in incentives to accelerate the manufacture and …
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Sea state Iran seized a US-bound oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week, alleging that it had fled the scene after colliding with an Iranian vessel. Western media sources reported that Iran’s actions …
Planet A German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has urged countries to set a global renewable energy target to substantially limit emissions and keep global warming to 1.5° Celsius, terming the climate crisis the ‘greatest security …
Planet A The G7 has pledged to increase the pace of renewable energy development by collectively increasing offshore wind capacity by 150 gigawatts and solar capacity to more than a terawatt by 2030. Phasing out …
Sea state The 2023 edition of Exercise Tasman Shield, held from 17 March to 3 April, brought together aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force and ships from the Royal Australian Navy to practise integrated …
Sea state China and Cambodia have held military naval drills for the first time in Cambodian waters. During the two-hour exercise, the Chinese navy’s Jinggang Shan amphibious landing warship and two patrol boats from the …
Planet A The most authoritative international body advising the world on climate change has warned that the viability of a liveable and sustainable future rests on what will be done in the next seven years. …
As a middle power, South Korea has gone above and beyond when it comes to projecting its soft power on a global level. The worldwide success of the Korean movie Parasite, the Netflix series Squid …
Sea state It will be several years before Australia receives its first nuclear-powered submarines under the ‘SSN AUKUS’ deal announced this week, but planning is already underway to develop a submarine ‘hub’ in Australia that …
Planet A Australia will be one of more than 100 states to co-sponsor Vanuatu’s historic resolution at the UN General Assembly calling on the International Court of Justice to provide an advisory opinion on nations’ …
Sea state The Royal Australian Navy has received the fourth of eight evolved Cape-class patrol boats built by Austal Australia at its Henderson shipyard in Western Australia. The vessels’ enhanced capabilities over the benchmark Cape-class …
Planet A The UN Security Council has warned that the increasing rate at which sea levels are rising poses a serious threat to 900 million people living in low-lying coastal areas. After the council’s first …