Amid a deteriorating bilateral relationship, heated debate on Australia-China trade issues overlooks potential environmental benefits, Xunpeng Shi writes.

On this Policy Forum Pod, top climate researcher Mark Howden, social scientist Bec Colvin, and science writer Ketan Joshi examine the past and present struggles of Australia’s climate policies, and how policymakers can put the country on the right track.

States and businesses in Asia and the Pacific must rapidly move towards achieving digital and decarbonised regional connectivity to recover from the impact of COVID-19, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana writes.

The United States’ transactional approach to diplomacy is causing short-term problems, but the need to contain a rising China will be enough to keep its alliance network together, Ragul Palanisami writes.

On this episode, we look back on some of our favourite Policy Forum Pod moments ahead of this year’s Australian Podcast Awards.

On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Director of ANU Energy Change Institute Kenneth Baldwin joins Mark Kenny to discuss the five priority technologies in the government’s new Technology Investment Roadmap, and whether they will put Australia on the right track to quickly and effectively reduce emissions.