We have approximately ten years before we start experiencing some of the more severe global effects of climate change.
Global temperatures are likely to reach 1.5 degrees between 2030 and 2052 – quite literally around the corner.
The recent The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report suggests that if nothing is done to make drastic reductions in greenhouse gasses immediately, the earth will tip into irreversible damages, with cataclysmic events occurring within this century.
The federal court of Australia has found the environment minister, Sussan Ley, has a duty of care to protect young people from the climate crisis in a judgment hailed by lawyers …
Queensland has become the second state, after South Australia, to ban the sale and supply of the single-use plastic products. The Queensland parliament has passed legislation to ban single-use plastic straws, …
BHP, the world’s biggest mining group, has confirmed plans to exit thermal coal as pressure builds from investors to ditch the polluting fossil fuel. Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/82c407a4-4bef-447f-b581-038278b28ff8
Australia’s second largest city has unveiled a $19.1 million plan to unleash a sea of green across the city by boosting urban forests and decorating buildings with ‘vertical greening.’ Government …
While it remains to be seen whether climate policy will be a focus in Canberra following the election, the city itself is leading the way on renewable energy. From October 1 this …
Germany, one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal, will shut down all 84 of its coal-fired power plants over the next 19 years to meet its international commitments in …
