The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points. (National Academy of Sciences, USA) >

Environmental impact of aviation (Wikipedia) >

'Scientists have long been baffled by the mismatch of climate simulations of the past 12,000 years with temperature reconstructions from geological records. It now emerges that seasonal biases in the records explain the disparity.' (Nature Journal) >

Landmark moment as EU Renewables overtake Fossil Fuels. ...'tracking Europe’s electricity transition was published on 25th January 2021. It revealed that renewables overtook fossil fuels to become the EU’s main source of electricity for the first time in 2020.' (Ember and Agora Energiewende, London) >

Bending The Curve of Biodiversity Loss (WWF-Australia, Sydney) >

Adaptation Gap Report 2020 - released January 2021 (United Nations Environment Program Adaptation Gap Report) >

Australia's target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 'Australia’s First Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, in accordance with UNFCCC decision 1/CP.21, December 2020'.  (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Bonn, Germany) >

'The 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world. Using 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the EPI ranks 180 countries on environmental health and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy targets.' (Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy) >

'Heatwaves have increased in intensity, frequency and duration, with these trends projected to worsen under enhanced global warming.'  (Nature Communications journal) >

'Australia's fourth-warmest year on record, with the annual national mean temperature 1.15 °C above average.' (Bureau of Meteorology, Canberra) >