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Indonesia: fires threaten to send even modest climate ambitions up in smoke

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imageForest fires in Indonesia may become an important issue to discuss at Paris 2015 UN Climate Change Conference.Darren Whiteside/Reuters

At the Paris climate negotiations, Indonesia will bring to the table a target of an unconditional 29% emissions reduction by 2030, increasing to 41% on condition of international assistance.

Indonesia’s...

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Imagine if technology could read and react to our emotions

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imageTechnology can be so frustrating at times, so what if it could understand your emotions?Shutterstock/Kues

Computers have always been good at doing fast calculations, but adapting to the emotional state of the person using the computer – now there is a grand challenge! The field is called affective computing, and soon it will be an important...

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A plain-language guide to the UN climate talks

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What’s happening?

Every year the United Nations holds a climate change summit. This year’s summit is in Paris from November 30 to December 11. The summit is supposed to clinch a new deal to address climate change which would kick in from 2020.

Why the United Nations?

Countries decided the United Nations would drive the process to deal...

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Paris's sombre mood prompts understated determination for COP21

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After the killings in Paris the mood here is sombre. In a sombre mood we are reflective, we concentrate on what it is that really matters. If the mood has any effect on the thousands of delegates arriving soon for COP21 then it can only help elevate thoughts about humanity’s future above crude and immediate preoccupations with “the...

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  4. We've already had consultation on the effects test: more is just a political smoke screen
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  7. Saving homes, saving wildlife: Victoria ditches burnoff targets
  8. Many young people blame female victims, excuse male aggressors: report
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  10. Cheaper books are on the way, but IP policy still favours big business
  11. Harper response is good economics and smart politics
  12. Visa concerns for Australians living in Bali provide an unwanted reality check
  13. What Can Nietzsche Tell Us About the Paris Conference?
  14. Not helping a partner with chronic pain may be the quickest road to recovery
  15. 'Catch up' super contributions: a tax break for rich (old men)
  16. Online learning can work if universities just rethink the design of their courses
  17. Masterpieces from Scotland is easily the greatest exhibition of old master works to visit Sydney
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  19. India is focused on energy and poverty, but it can still sign a global climate deal
  20. Cloudy with a chance of life: how to find alien life on distant exoplanets
  21. When developers come knocking: why strata law shake-up won't deliver cheaper housing
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  25. Corrected FactCheck on negative gearing
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  27. Smart homes promise to end the 'wife drought', but where do women fit in?
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  38. Links to mining sector are preventing Australian universities from divesting in fossil fuels
  39. Shane Warne Foundation a wake-up call for charities regulator
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