Australia21 is a non-profit body that seeks to develop new insights into complex issues important to Australia’s future. The Australia21 Board has become increasingly concerned that a number of grave challenges are being ignored, bypassed or placed in the “too hard” …
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The Science Daily article Scientific Consensus On Anthropogenic Climate Change reports that a comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed articles on the topic of global warming and climate change has revealed an overwhelming consensus among scientists that recent warming is human-caused. The study …
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Produced by the Climate Commission, The Critical Decade: Global Action Building on Climate Change presents an overview of progress in international action on climate change since August 2012, with a particular focus on China and the US. The report also …
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The urban environment is particularly exposed to climate impacts, due to a range of factors, such as its geographical location, spatial immobility, and high population. A major policy and knowledge gap exists in the social scientific understanding of the private …
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The report Adapting the community sector for climate extremes details research funded by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) that evaluates community service organisations current vulnerability to climate change impacts to physical infrastructure and their role in managing …
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The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is the largest annual worldwide competition for sustainable entrepreneurs who can instigate change. The challenge is looking for products or services that combine sustainability, entrepreneurship and creativity. Entry for the seventh edition of this competition …
A media release from The Climate Institute alerts that humanity entered uncharted territory on Saturday 11 May, as the concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record daily average high of 400 parts per …
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A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought. The study shows for the first time how rising carbon dioxide concentrations could affect the entire range of rainfall types on …
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A project between NASA, the US Geological Survey (USGS), TIME, Google, and the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University has compiled images of Earth taken from space into an interactive time-lapse experience, revealing a comprehensive picture of our changing planet …
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Food security is increasingly recognised as a problem facing urban populations in developed countries like Australia as well as in the developing countries of the global south. Recent disasters, especially floods, have highlighted the fragility of food supply lines in …
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