Great Barrier Reef Bleaching: A Crisis That Won’t Wait
The Great Barrier Reef faces a critical threat from climate change, pollution, and overfishing. With mass bleaching accelerating, urgent action is needed to preserve this natural wonder for future generations.
Citizens’ Assemblies: A Democratic Renewal for Australia
Citizens’ assemblies empower everyday Australians to tackle complex issues like climate change and housing by fostering inclusive, informed decision-making. Proven successful in countries like Ireland and France, they offer a path to restore trust in democracy and drive meaningful change.
Extreme weather is here
Ecosystems on land absorb almost 30 percent of the carbon dioxide humans release into the atmosphere. Now a new report confirms the role rainforests and savannas play in achieving net-zero – but it also warns that climate change could change it all.
Not out of the woods
Earlier this year Australia managed to avoid a Unesco recommendation urging the Great Barrier Reef’s status be moved to “in danger”. A dozen countries called the move “highly inappropriate” and are pushing to have the reef’s world heritage status review – again.
Where to from here?
Depending on your news source, COP26 was either a grand fiasco or a great success. Much has been said about Australia’s failure to commit to (m)any concrete targets, but what did the Glasgow COP26 climate change summit actually achieve? We’ve got the lowdown for you.
Australia taken to task on the environmental policy
We are used to outperforming on the world stage, in entertainment, Sports, the Arts, Business, we Australians like to picture ourselves as punching above our weight. Unfortunately, when it comes to climate policy, we rank 60th out of 60 countries on Climate Change policy.
Is Green Hydrogen really green?
In a week were the NSW govt has trumpeted its new Green H2 strategy, we try and find some answers to the question – is it really green, and will it help us speed up the decarbonisation of our planet?
Lucky country becomes unlucky last
The IPCC’s climate change report revealed that 1.5 degrees warming, the threshold beyond which fires, droughts, floods and cyclones become severe and frequent, is only 10 years away. With Australia already dealing with 1.4 degrees warming, what can we do?
Stunning whale footage
Let’s just park the latest case numbers for a moment and look at something beautiful and heart-warming. This year, citizen scientists have captured footage of southern right whales off the east coast, using drones to capture headshots of the endangered mammal. The results are stunning.
The reef’s “in danger” listing
The Great Barrier Reef could be added to the World Heritage Sites’ “in danger” list, warned UNESCO earlier this week. The announcement landed suddenly and government ministers were immediately up in arms, citing disappointment with “being sidelined” and “Chinese involvement”. What’s going on?
