CSIRO push for more sustainable food system welcomed by Conservation group
The Australian Conservation Foundation says CSIRO’s report Towards a state of the food system report for Australia, released today, should inform a new approach to how we manage the food system in Australia, which is costing as much as $274 billion in negative environmental and health outcomes. The report calls for regulatory reform and a rethink on how […]
The National Rural Health Alliance urges to support strategies to reduce climate and health impacts on rural communities
With fires in some parts of Victoria and a storm wreaking havoc in other parts of the state last week, the National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) wishes to reiterate the effect climate disasters have on rural, regional, and remote communities and emergency services and the need to take current health needs into account. Climate […]
El Niño is official and homeowners have as much to fear as farmers
The Bureau has declared an El Niño event along with the dangerous combination of a positive Indian Ocean Dipole and it’s quickly gathering pace The Bureau of Meteorology (The Bureau) has put off the bad news for as long as possible, not wanting to stampede the masses, but has finally declared that an El Niño and […]
How the weather left us worn and confused in 2022 and what to expect in 2023
Rain and flooding caused untold damage in many parts as the ill-effects of a La Niña wet phase were in control but now at an end with the likely return of dryer conditions While the overall recent national weather picture has averaged out as warmer and wetter there were some states that never received much […]
Cost of living pushed up by climate-driven floods says Farmers for Climate Action
The cost of living for Australian families is being driven up by climate damage as the Australian Insurance Council reveals households across Australia paid a higher cost of living because of flooding in NSW and Queensland earlier this year
Scientists and technologists urge the Federal government to pass climate legislation
Australia’s climate change legislation should be passed with an added commitment to ‘name and fame’ sectors leading the charge to reduce emissions, the peak body for Australia’s 90,000 scientists and technologists has urged. In its submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Climate Change Bill, Science & Technology Australia strongly supports the passage of the […]
Victorian government stumps up $10 million for Waste to Energy – Bioenergy Fund for eligible organisations with an election looming
The new $10 million Waste to Energy – Bioenergy Fund gives commercial and industrial organisations across a wide range of sectors a big leg up when it comes to helping to save the planet. The fund will support projects that create renewable energy from organic waste, i.e. bioenergy. Energy types created in this way […]
State of the Environment Report a chance to protect animals and humans from climate change and pollution says Vets for Climate Action
Vets for Climate Action (VfCA) notes the independent State of the Environment Report 2021, released by Minister Tanya Plibersek today. The comprehensive findings reflect what many Australian veterinarians are seeing with the effects of climate change. Veterinarians understand that a healthy environment is essential for the future of people and the animals we need and […]
Population growth has a very high impact on biodiversity says Sustainable Population Australia
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed the acknowledgement in the State of Environment 2021 Report that human population growth contributes to pressures on the environment and, in particular, that it has ‘very high impact’ on biodiversity. SPA National President Ms Jenny Goldie says the report makes strong statements about population and biodiversity, such as: ‘Human […]
Farmers for Climate Action say we are working from a low scorecard
The dire environmental scorecard reflects climate impacts experienced by farmers on the land that are members of Farmers for Climate Action The 2021 State of the Environment report released this week paints a dire picture of environmental harm, but that comes as no surprise to farmers, who see first-hand the damage done by climate change […]