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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The Montreal Moment for Biodiversity: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted

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Final COP15 Decision Plenary at Montreal The  Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, due to the pandemic, has been four years in th...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Australia and the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15

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Tanya Plibersek in Plenary Photo: Nat Pelle (ACF) The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15 / CP-MOP10 / NP-MOP4) is meeting in Mont...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Capacity Investment Scheme for Energy Storage agreed by Federal and State Energy ministers

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State Energy Ministers met with Chris Bowen, Federal Minister for Climate and Energy, and agreed on a new scheme that would boost energy sto...

Minister outlines major update to Australian environmental laws and the EPBC Act by end of 2023

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Photo: Tanya Plibesek speech Australia: Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek announces formal response to the Independent Review of Australi...

"Time to forge a Peace Pact with Nature" says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at COP15 Biodiversity conference:

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Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General, again stepped up the rhetoric at the openning plenary of the Biodiversity conference in Montreal...
Saturday, December 3, 2022

Australia and Negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty and reduce plastic pollution in the marine environment

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Photo by IISD/ENB The final resolution at the United Nations Environment Assembly 21 February – 4 March 2022 was to develop a Global Plastic...
Friday, December 2, 2022

Barossa gas project: Santos appeal to Full Bench of Federal Court dismissed after challenge by traditional owners

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Cheers from traditional owners on the Tiwi Islands after the Federal Court Full Bench dismissed an appeal by Santos regarding its Barossa Ga...

Australian Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen delivers first annual climate statement in 2022

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The Annual climate change statement to Federal Parliament was delivered on the 1st December by Chris Bowen, the Minister for Climate change ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

After all the flooding rains we still face elevated bushfire risk for Summer 2022

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You might think after the deluge of rain and flood events his year that fire risk would be low this summer. You would be wrong. All the rai...
Monday, November 21, 2022

Guest Post: COP27: one big breakthrough but ultimately an inadequate response to the climate crisis

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Photo by IISD/ENB Matt McDonald , The University of Queensland For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international...