Environment

Adelaide University Media Release A tiny, threatened marsupial not known to have inhabited South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula may exist as a relict population and still be clinging to survival, according to new research that has […]

It was another bead in the string of jurisprudence and case law in climate litigation. Previous sparkling examples include Urgenda Foundation (2019), KlimaSeniorinnen (2024) and the significant Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice […]

Western Sydney University Media Release With Australians set to face another hot week, new research published today reveals human-induced climate change is making heatwaves five times as likely. Published by the World Weather Attribution, together […]

Australians are told every summer how hot it’s going to be. But increasingly, the information we’re given bears little resemblance to the heat people are actually exposed to – and that disconnect is becoming dangerous. […]

By Niu Honglin This article comes from a podcast series I’ve been working on that looks at global governance through a simple but demanding idea: a shared future for humanity. Each episode focuses on one […]

For centuries, plant life was viewed as a passive backdrop to the animal kingdom. Groundbreaking research in the last fifty years has radically overturned this view, revealing a complex, dynamic world of communication and cooperation. […]

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release Greenpeace Australia Pacific has warned the Albanese government against plans to subsidise gas for industrial users, saying it should instead be supporting industry to decarbonise. Media reports today that Labor […]

There was a time – and not very long ago – when Australian summers came with a soundtrack. Not the thrum of air-conditioners or the crackle of half-truths on talkback radio, but the whirr of […]

Bob Brown’s forensic dissection of Labor’s gutted environmental legislation in The Saturday Paper, 6 December 2025, strips away the usual parliamentary theatre to reveal a starker truth: Anthony Albanese and his crew have perfected the […]

In early November, the 30th meeting of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, concluded after a fractious week of debate over the fate of fossil fuels, justice for vulnerable nations […]

UniSA Media Release Teeth. Ocean. Predator. These are the three most common words used to describe sharks, according to a new global survey published in Wildlife Research, eliciting 1000 different text responses. Despite fear driving […]

Oxfam Australia Media Release In response to the outcome of COP30, Oxfam Australia Policy and Advocacy Lead Josie Lee says: “Australia made some incremental progress at COP30, but the biggest barrier to meaningful climate action […]

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release SYDNEY/BELÉM, BRAZIL, Wednesday 19 November 2025 – As Türkiye is confirmed as the COP31 host, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has urged the Australian government to show leadership and use its role […]

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release BELÉM, BRAZIL, Tuesday 18 November 2025 – In response to the COP30 ministerial level press conference on a ‘Mutirão Call for a Fossil Fuel Roadmap’ Dr Simon Bradshaw, COP31 Lead […]