The Environment Report

Study highlights need for better protection of wilderness

Less than two per cent of wilderness is currently protected in global World Heritage sites, according to an international study, led by U...

Call for submissions on Senate inquiry into climate change impacts

The Senate Environment and Communications References Committee has called for submissions to its wide-ranging inquiry into current and fu...

Climate change may cause huge expansion to ice-free areas across Antarctica

Ice-free areas in Antarctica could expand by close to 25 per cent by 2100 and drastically change the biodiversity of the continent, resea...

UN Committee urges Australia to cut emissions and rethink coal

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has warned that Australia's performance in carbon emissions reduction and enviro...

How an open approach to patents could help build a sustainable future

First published in The Conversation To sustain a population of 9.7 billion people by 2050 the world is going to need innovations that mak...

New rules proposed to deal with transition to renewable energy

Proposed new rules released by Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) to guard against technical failures in the National Electricity...

Most Australians favour renewable energy, survey finds

Australians overwhelmingly want the country’s energy system to be powered by renewables because they see it as the “economically smart” t...

Murray-Darling water plan will fail without urgent action, report warns

There has been no overall improvement in the health of Australia's biggest river system after five years of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan...

Great Barrier Reef valued at $56 billion

The Great Barrier Reef has a total asset value of $56 billion and is "too big to fail", according to a new report. Deloitte Access Econom...

Energy Council CEO warns against government investment in coal-fired power

The Chief Executive of the Energy Council, Matthew Warren, has warned that government intervention in the national electricity market thr...

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