Biodiversity and Environment
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Climate and security risks? Shhh, says the Albanese Government
The Los Angeles fires have again demonstrated the need for a steely-eyed approach by governments to climate risks, ensuring that the assessment of those risks is up-to-date, considers the plausible worst-case scenarios, and is made widely available so the public understands what we are facing. But the Australian Government’s work-in-progress National Climate Risk Assessment appears…
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APSF Webinar, 3 December, 6pm “Water: essential for life and our security”.
Australia is one of the driest continents and water is critical for the environment, agriculture and for all Australians, whether in small country towns or in the cities. Droughts and floods are part of our history, but as climate disruption ramps up, it is even more crucial that we are prepared for the uncertain future.…
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Climate change and national security
Podcast with Dr Albert Palazzo, Adjunct Prof University of NSW, Former Director, War Studies, Army Research Centre, 6 December 2024 “Our failure to put in any meaningful policies to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions to rapidly reduce them to zero, basically dooms humanity to a very tough ride in the coming decades…We have now…
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Indigenous solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises: A reflection on UNDRIP
Indigenous Peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinctive spiritual relationship with their traditionally owned or otherwise occupied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their responsibilities to future generations in this regard.
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Passage of landmark healthy environment bill sets standard for Australia and abroad
The ACT Parliament’s passage of legislation enshrining the right to a healthy environment is a watershed moment in human rights and environmental law in Australia, according to the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) and the Human Rights Law Centre. “This is a momentous day for all those advocating for a right to a healthy environment in…
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Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet
The planetary boundary (PB) concept, introduced in 2009, aimed to define the environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate. This approach has proved influential in global sustainability policy development. Steffen et al. provide an updated and extended analysis of the PB framework. Of the original nine proposed boundaries, they identify three (including climate change)…
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What’s happening to Australia’s biodiversity?
Some scientists believe that we are now witnessing the sixth mass extinction, the only mass extinction caused by a single species – humans. Did megafauna that used to roam Australia become extinct because of climate change or because of hunting? How have population growth, habitat change and introduction of new species affected Australia’s biodiversity?
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Industry push to earn carbon credits from Australia’s native forests would be a blow for nature and the climate
Australia’s forestry industry raised eyebrows this month when it released plans to remove trees from native forests, potentially including national parks, and claim carbon credits in the process.