Serious Climate Action Accountability
Serious Climate Action Demands Real Climate Accountability. 'Addressing the Climate Crisis at scale and at speed requires not only halting the expansion of oil and gas — but also holding governments and companies alike to higher standards of ambition and action in the face of the climate emergency.' (The Center for International Environmental Law, Washington) >
Money Wasted on Fossil Fuel Subsidies
'Australian state and federal governments subsidised fossil fuels to the tune of a staggering $11.6 billion in 2021/22' (Climate Council of Australia, Sydney) >
Ten Climate Gamechangers
'Powerup is a set of ten energy gamechangers that will help get Australia on track to tackle both the climate crisis and our cost-of living crisis.' (The Climate Council of Australia) >
Proactively Planning for Infrastructure Resilience
The benefits of proactively planning for infrastructure resilience. '...researchers at CSIRO explain why we need to shift our approach in decision-making when investing in resilient infrastructure.' (ECOS magazine, CSIRO Canberra) >
COP27 (6 to 18 November 2022)
Where Do We Stand on COP26 Climate Promises? - A Progress Report. 'Leaders left the climate summit in Glasgow (COP26) in November 2021 riding high on a wave of new commitments from governments, businesses and others...' 'In the months since, things are less rosy.' (World Resources Institute, Washington USA) >
Tasmanian Climate Change Act?
Amendments to the Climate Change (State Action) Bill (Tasmania) A Brief for the Proposed Amendments. (Climate Tasmania) >
Managing Climate Change Risk
Raising the Bar: Managing climate change risk in public authorities. Centre for Policy Development’s Sustainable Economy Program: 'It recommends that clear, transparent policy direction be provided to public authority directors. This can enable them to contribute to a whole-of-government picture of climate risk that meets and raises the standards that apply to all organisations, public and private, in discovering, disclosing and addressing climate risk.' (Centre for Policy Development, Sydney) >
SUSTAINABLE COUNTRY TOWNS
Regional towns have been declining for decades, with multiple effects on their Agricultural industries and the viability of the town itself. In Agriculture, for example, workers are leaving for the cities. Historically these have been replaced by energy systems for harvesting, shearing, water management, etc. The trend against fossil fuel as an energy source requires an alternative source - for example, electricity... Check out Yackandandah - in the High Country, northern Victoria. (Totally Renewable Yackandandah) >
Birth of Environmental Diplomacy
Stockholm 1972 Conference and the Birth of Environmental Diplomacy. 'It paved the way for the concept of sustainable development and led to the birth of the United Nations Environment Programme.' (International Institute for Sustainable Development, Geneva) >
The Cost of Extreme Weather
'The consequences [of Climate Change] are upon us, and there are both severe direct and indirect costs for every single Australian.' (The McKell Institute, Sydney.) >