Natural Capital Handbook
A practical guide to corporate natural capital accounting. 'As pressure increases to integrate nature protection and restoration into all aspects of policy and business operations, how can organisations better measure and report on their interactions with nature?' (CSIRO, Canberra) >
Sustainable Development Goals
' This free, open-access information tracks global progress towards the SDGs and allows people worldwide to hold their governments accountable for achieving the agreed goals.' (Our World In Data, Global Change Data Lab, UK) >
State of the Environment Report: Tasmania
'Tasmania has not published a State of the Environment Report since 2009'from the Summary: 'The Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC) has not produced a State of the Environment (SOE) Report since 2009, despite a legislative requirement to do so every five years.2 As a result, Tasmanians are in the dark as to the scale and detail of environmental changes that have occurred across the state.' ... 'Get your skates on' (The Australia Institute) >
Biodiversity Conservation
Statutory review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) 'The purpose of the review was to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms remain appropriate for securing those objectives.' The independent review panel was led by Dr Ken Henry AC - former Commonwealth Treasurer and subsequently National Australia Bank head. (Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Government) >
'Intergenerational Report 2023'
'Five major forces that will shape the Australian economy over the coming decades are population ageing, expanded use of digital and data technology, climate change and the net zero transformation, rising demand for care and support services, and increased geopolitical risk and fragmentation.' (The Treasury, Commonwealth Government, Canberra) >
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
'...the latest advances in climate science'(The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, Switzerland) >
Introducing Nuclear Power into Australia
'The bill would amend the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 to remove the prohibition on the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations; and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to remove the prohibition on the Minister for Environment and Water declaring, approving or considering actions relating to the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations.' (The Senate, Parliament of Australia, Canberra) >
Reducing Urban and Suburban Heat
Phoenix's 'Cool Pavement' program. 'Surface solar reflectivity declined over 10 months from a range of 33 to 38 percent to a range of 19 to 30 percent across all eight neighborhoods. Untreated asphalt has a reflectivity of only 12 percent'. (City of Phoenix, USA) >
Climate Change and Regional Conflict
'Tipping Point risks for critical climate systems' and 'How Economics has Underestimated Climate Damage & Encouraged Inaction' The latest analysis on Australia's first climate risk assessment. (Breakthrough ... National Centre for Climate Restoration) >
Measuring Progress of Sustainable Development Goals
Measuring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. 'SDG Tracker presents data across all available indicators from the Our World in Data database, using official statistics from the UN and other international organizations.' (Our World in Data, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford) >