What began as an initiative to clean up dirty palm oil production practices, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has become little more than a greenwashing tool. Rebecca Zhou reports.

While the world’s attention is focused on the 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the Pacific Island country of New Caledonia is quietly struggling with its own climate change burden. Nicole Gooch reports from New Caledonia.

In Canberra on Saturday, protestors from Climate Change Canberra and numerous other environmental groups along with local residents held an emergency rally in front of Parliament House, writes Geoff Lazarus.

With only two months until the Copenhagen Conference, the closure of Australia’s only large-scale solar energy station is not only detrimental to the renewables industry but serves to highlights the government’s course on carbon reduction. Rebecca Zhou investigates.

Less than three decades after the infamous meltdowns at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl rocked the world’s faith in nuclear power, the controversial energy source appears to be regaining its stature as the need to find alternatives to coal becomes increasingly urgent in the face of climate change. Gemma Black reports.

As a country famed for sunburnt lands and abundant sunshine, Australia has great potential for a successful solar energy industry, yet is still falling behind countries with less natural resources. Stephanie Kok reports.

With solar rebates and an increased interest in renewable energy, it seems many parts of Australian society are jumping on board the sustainability band-wagon. Nick Evershed takes a look at the use of renewable energy in the music industry.

The electric car is known to be one of the best solutions to slowing down Climate Change. But just what is it and can it be regarded as the future of the auto-industry in Australia? Lauren Said-Moorhouse reports.

Made Ferguson explores the proposed development of a hydroelectric dam in the Chilean Patagonia. The project will provide Chile with clean energy at a low economic cost, but 6000 hectares of pristine forest will be flooded, and a community will lose their way of life.

The Himalaya is one of the fastest changing regions in the world due to global warming. Emma Kemp discovers the effects of political instability, climate change and a lack of resources during the dry season in water-rich Nepal.