The Bureau of Meteorology has released its National Water Account 2013 Summary, a comprehensive record of water resources for the 2012-13 year. Drier conditions in 2012-13 contributed to reduced inflows to storages and higher water use across much of Australia.
The Global Ocean Commission final report warns that the world’s oceans are at the point of collapse. Five drivers of ocean decline are identified: rising demand for resources; technological advances; decline of fish stocks; climate change, biodiversity and habitat loss; and …
Householder’s Options to Protect the Environment Inc. (HOPE) has published the “Low Carbon Living starts at home” and “Householders Guide to Sustainable Living” booklets which are available for free download.
A new Climate Council report investigates the future of Australia’s electricity sector. Internationally, the energy sector accounts for the largest proportion of greenhouse gas emissions, but Australia’s electricity is largely generated by ageing, inefficient coal-fired power plants leaving the nation …
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Decision Point #79 is a special issue focusing on a range of research collaborations between ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) / National Environmental Research Program (NERP) researchers and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Decision Point presents articles, …
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The C20 (Civil Society) Summit in the lead-up to G20 addressed a range of issues including climate change and renewable energy investment, food and resource security, and infrastructure. You can read the final C20 Summit Communique.
The new ISO 37120:2014 defines and establishes methodologies for a set of indicators to steer and measure the performance of city services and quality of life. It is applicable to any city, municipality or local government that undertakes to measure …
The State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand Annual Review 2014 examines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) capabilities and performance. It finds that, despite awareness, the implementation of CSR is still markedly slow.
The NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer has released a report addressing cumulative impacts of activities in the Sydney water catchment, such as long wall mining and coal seam gas extraction, finding no evidence to suggest current activities in the catchment …
The Ramsar Convention strongly encourages the establishment of education centres at Ramsar Sites and other wetlands. A handbook has been produced to provide advice on the design and management of such centres.