A day in 2030 in your sustainable home Suzanne Toumbourou, ASBEC Here’s what life will look like in 2030 if Australian governments adopt best practice energy standards that are currently on the table for our homes and appliances..
A cities deal could do so much to cool the Central City Adam Leto, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue With winter out of the way and warmer conditions now upon us, it won’t be long before waves of Sydneysiders start flocking to our city’s beaches. This is especially the…
Ban Ki-moon: All new and retrofitted infrastructure needs to be climate resilient from now on David Thorpe | 10 September 2019 When the cost of climate change adaptation is one-tenth the cost of no action in coastal cities, the case for doubling down on resiliency measures is clear. But according to a new report the world is way behind on climate change adaptation.
Emerging female climate leaders and their visions in C40 Women4Climate Poppy Johnston | 3 September 2019 A program launched in May, hosted by the City of Sydney, has paired 20 emerging climate leaders with 20 established climate leaders in the country’s first iteration of the Women4Climate
Insurers driving action on climate resilience in government absence Poppy Johnston | 13 August 2019 In the future, you might search for housing property online and find climate resilience ratings alongside distances to schools and other factors that influence home buying decisions.
Diagnosing the health costs of the climate emergency – and the cures Willow Aliento | 12 August 2019 The quality of Australian buildings is vital in protecting our population from the rapidly-escalating health impacts of the climate emergency, according to a new report by the Global Health Alliance Australia.
Climate actions will fail without local inclusion, UN meeting told David Thorpe | 23 July 2019 With only 11 years left to deliver the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda, far more needs to be done and local governments and citizens must become more involved in sustainable development.
A climate revolution is sweeping town halls and governments of the UK David Thorpe – Opinion | 9 July 2019 Something strange is happening in the UK: Suddenly, almost everyone is talking about the climate change emergency.
Auckland latest council to declare climate emergency Georgia Roach | 13 June 2019 Greta Thunberg and the Climate Extinction protestors are having an impact with governments and local governments declaring we have a climate emergency.
The Paris task: we’ve accepted financial instability but still failing to act Evan Stamatiou, Carbon Risk Management | 9 May 2019 “With risks to the world economy rising, there’s precious little appetite to discuss how the Paris objectives might drive short-term financial stability risks. That’s a problem if we want to achieve them.”
How can Australia meet its climate emissions reduction obligations? David Thorpe | 30 April 2019 Australia is not headed in the right direction to curb its greenhouse gas emissions. Is there anything companies can do themselves to turn this juggernaut around?
New Zealand’s car addiction putting its environment under pressure Willow Aliento | 24 April 2019 New Zealand’s carbon emissions are continuing to rise according to the new Environment Aotearoa 2019 report released this month.
How to avoid a climate flood disaster – a hypothetical says it’s very difficult Poppy Johnston | 24 April 2019 Green Cross Australia is using hypothetical scenarios to explore the problems homeowners and stakeholders face when affected by changes to sea-level rise and flooding caused by climate change.
Extinction Rebellion is just common sense – but what is the best response? David Thorpe | 24 April 2019 Opinion: The related extinction and climate crises that are threatening the survival of life on earth can only be solved by reducing our ecological footprint – systematically curbing impacts and repairing nature to a level that sustains us within the planet’s means.
