On Thursday, 2 June 2011 the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, the Hon Tony Burke MP and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the Hon Greg Combet AM MP, asked the House Standing Committee on …
Inquiry into Australia’s biodiversity in a changing climate Read more »
The Global Reports on Human Settlements provide authoritative and up-to-date assessments of conditions and trends in the world’s cities and other human settlements. Written in clear non-technical language and supported by informative graphics, case studies and extensive statistical data, these …
‘Cities are green’ is becoming a common refrain. But in his new book Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change Peter Calthorpe argues that a more comprehensive understanding of urbanism at the regional scale provides a better platform to address …
Food sensitive planning and urban design (FSPUD) recognises that access to healthy, sustainable and equitable food is an essential part of achieving liveable communities. The new resource – Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design: A conceptual framework for achieving a …
Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design (FSPUD) Report Released Read more »
The theme for the 4th International Urban Design Conference is Resilience in Urban Design. Resilient Cities will need to endorse density and diversity in building types, and public spaces. They will be walkable communities that also support the innovative use …
4th International Urban Design Conference, 22-23 September 2011, Gold Coast Read more »
The Griffith University Urban Research Program (URP) paper Climate change adaptation in urban systems: Strategies for planning regimes investigates how urban planning regimes can use professional tools to develop climate change adaptation strategies in plan-making, development management, urban design and …
Climate change adaptation in urban systems: Strategies for planning regimes Read more »
The Annual Climate Summary 2010 report is the Bureau of Meteorology’s official summary of the Australian climate in 2010. It contains descriptions of Australia’s rainfall and temperature patterns during the year, and documents significant weather and climate events. The report …
Cosmos Magazine reports that a new study suggests global wind speeds and ocean wave heights have been steadily rising over the past two decades, with the biggest increases noticed in extreme weather events. In these extreme conditions wind speeds are …
Want to be an energy and climate change leader in your community? Get involved in the CSIRO Energymark program and help create a sustainable future – reduce your carbon footprint, lower energy usage and save on power bills. The program …
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become …