The Green Cities: Good Health website provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific evidence of human health and well-being benefits provided by urban forestry and urban greening. Previous Urban Environment News articles on this topic can be found here.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the first issue of Australian Environmental-Economic Accounts (AEEA). It brings all ABS environmental accounts together in one place to deliver a broad and cohesive picture of the environmental stocks and flows of …
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The Beta4 version of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) Portal is now online, providing access to around 750 datasets from over 25 data providers, making AURIN a significant resource for urban researchers and decision-makers.
CORENA is a not-for-profit funding mechanism set up by and for citizens who want to ‘do something’ about climate change. It enables the public to chip in to collectively fund practical renewable energy projects. CORENA gives interest-free loans to community organisations …
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Smart Blocks is a national program helping apartment owners and their managers to improve the energy efficiency in apartment buildings and save money. The program includes web resources and a series of workshops around Australia between 2013 and 2016.
The potential for climate change to drive changes in the severity and likelihood of extreme weather events could have implications for the accuracy of natural catastrophe models. The report Catastrophe Modelling and Climate Change from global insurer Lloyd’s examines whether …
The Sydney Coastal Councils Group Inc. (SCCG) partnered with University of New South Wales researchers to complete a research project that has developed a multi-hazard tool to assess the vulnerability of buildings and critical infrastructure to extreme marine inundations caused …
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The New Nature of Business Report highlights the necessity for a new approach by business to the environment. The Report aims to address the lack of awareness, review the challenges businesses face, and present a persuasive case for action.
RipRap Edition 37 focuses on the multiple benefits that can be gained from river and riparian restoration, with science and stories about ‘the colour of living carbon’ and the opportunities carbon farming and carbon credits present for promoting ongoing conservation …
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The Change Agency’s popular and extensive online collection of resources for activists and organisers has been sorted and catalogued with improved search functionality.