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 …
Hundreds of thousands of students in more than 2,000 cities from Australia and Uganda to Germany and Italy left their classrooms on Friday, March 15, to take to the streets in peaceful …
Hobart has become the first capital city in the nation to ban single-use plastics, including takeaway food containers and straws. City of Hobart councillors voted on Monday night in favour …
The controversial Rocky Hill coalmine in the Hunter Valley will not go ahead after a landmark ruling in the land and environment court on Friday that cited the impact it …
CBhutan has stepped onto the international stage as the first country to become carbon negative. Bhutan is a small land-locked country in the Himalayas situated between India and China, with …
Ramos/Getty Images Spain is to shut down most of its coalmines by the end of the year after government and unions struck a deal that will mean €250m (£221m) will be …
Heed the warming. Climate change is no longer something to fear in the distant future — it’s already here. Earth’s temperature has already risen 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since the start …
A group of young people can sue the federal government over its climate change policies, the Supreme Court said Friday. Since it was first filed in 2015, the government has requested …
Denmark announced on Tuesday (2 October) that it will ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines by 2030 and hopes to have one million electric and hybrid …
For the first time Australian company directors have nominated climate change as the number one issue they want the federal government to address in the long term, according to a …
