
City of Melbourne looks to build a more sustainable city
In a bid to lower energy and water bills and create a more sustainable and resilient city, councillors in the City of Melbourne will...

Plans to cool down Western Sydney
A newly released report demonstrates that innovative design and planning can reduce temperatures in Sydney’s Western Parkland City by up...

New approach to cooling city commons in a warming climate
Urban heat mitigation could be enhanced by planned development that takes account of cities as collections of public, not private spaces,...

Using renewables to strengthen the power grid
A study that will explore how to manage unstable and weak parts of the electricity grid has just received funding from the Australian...

Industry heavyweights join carbon-reduction initiative
Australian industry heavyweights are working together to explore pathways to emissions reduction, establishing the Australian Industry...

International study reveals global environmental impacts of health care
Environmental change is harming health, but our current models of health care are harming the environment too. An Australian-led,...

Indian Ocean Dipole research shows Australia set for more extreme weather
New international research has found that change in the Indian Ocean's surface temperatures has put southeast Australia on course for...

WMO Statement sets out facts on climate emergency
The World Meteorological Organisation has released its Statement on the State of the Global Climate for 2019, warning that 2019 was 1.1...

Climate change set to expand extreme weather impacts: IAG report
Insurance Australia Group (IAG), in collaboration with the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, has...

Climate change boosts Australian fire risk by 30%
An analysis of the the 2019/20 fire season in southeastern Australia by the World Weather Attribution Consortium has warned that...