The Parliament of Australia Parliamentary Library has produced a Timeline of Australian climate change policy. In introducing the timeline, the authors state that “Climate change is a long-term, global problem. Long-term problems generally require stable but flexible policy implementation over …
The role of media is to truthfully report issues to the public. If people are confused or ignorant about potential threats, they cannot be expected to support action to confront them. The Sceptical Climate Part 2: Climate Science in Australian …
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Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment Management: A User Guide provides step-by-step instructions for an assessment of the potential for climate change adaptation of natural resource management (NRM) actions. This assessment uses a Catchment Assessment Framework (CAF), a process-based tool …
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In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) identified natural ecosystems as being the most vulnerable sector in Australia to the negative impacts of climate change. The Terrestrial Report Card 2013 summarises knowledge on climate change impacts in Australian …
On 31 October 2012, the Senate referred the matter of ‘The effectiveness of threatened species and ecological communities protection in Australia’ to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report. The inquiry report is now available.
The Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index (NLI) is Australia’s only national, annual, quantitative measure of what litter occurs where and in what volume. Litter counts are done twice annually across 983 sites nationally to create an annual report on …
The first comprehensive, nationwide plan to fix Australia’s buildings’ energy use and greenhouse impact has been launched. The Zero Carbon Australia Buildings Plan – a joint project of climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions and The University of Melbourne Energy …
Sustainability is an important global business driver and is making its way into corporate boardrooms. Mounting evidence shows firms that invest in improved sustainability practices outperform their competitors. There is growing awareness that emerging sustainability risks can have a material …
The IEA training manual volume 2 analyses the results of recent research on climate change, its impact on cities and options for responding. This module aims to strengthen awareness on possible impacts of climate change, while providing decision makers with …
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In 1989, CSIRO published the report, ‘Regreening Australia: The environmental, economic and social benefits of reforestation’, a preliminary investigation into a large national program to ‘regreen Australia’ through massive reforestation and revegetation over a period of 10 to 20 years. …