The Trends in global CO2 emissions: 2013 report finds that global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) reached a new record in 2012, but the increase in global CO2 emissions in that year slowed down to less than half the average …
In the paper Fracking the future, The Australia Institute look at both the economic claims and the health and environmental risks of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction, concluding that while the economic benefits are likely to be relatively small, a …
With cities having an essential role in the creation of a sustainable future, the UN has launched The City We Need, a document outlining the vision of a city for the 21st century. Is a consensus document of the World …
In the article The natural secrets of urban well being, ecologist Ian Lunt explores research around the relationship between exposure to the natural world and human well-being. Previous Urban Environment News articles on this topic can be found here.
Most urban trees are in private gardens, not public spaces, and gardening is a personal, individualistic pastime, not a collective enterprise. If the seeds of the urban forest are sown in a million home gardens, then we need to know …
The Growing Green Guide has been developed with advice from industry experts and knowledge from academic research to explain how to create high quality green roofs, walls and facades. The guide is targeted at projects based in Melbourne and Victoria, …
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By 2050 urban mobility will be one of the biggest challenges of cities around the globe. The second version of the Future of Urban Mobility report includes an updated version of the Urban Mobility Index with an extended scope of …
High speed rail linking Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane would reduce carbon emissions and provide a profitable and popular service, according to the Zero Carbon Australia High Speed Rail report. The report recommends an alignment broadly similar to the government’s recent …
The Queensland Government is leading several flood mitigation initiatives to implement recommendations of the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry, and community input is being sought. The initiatives are the Wivenhoe and Somerset Dams Optimisation Study, North Pine Dam Optimisation Study …
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Stage One of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley Flood Management Review has been completed. The review has found that there is no simple solution or single infrastructure option that can address all of the flood risk, and that infrastructure options can reduce, …
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