Reports

Hitting home: the compounding costs of climate inaction

This report outlines the latest science on how climate change is driving more destructive heatwaves, downpours, cyclones, droughts, fires and other extreme weather events. It highlights significant events in Australia and around the world from the past two years. Source: Climate Council of Australia Limited.

National First Peoples gathering in climate change: workshop report

A workshop report to celebrate, learn from and enhance First Peoples-led climate action. Aims included strengthening kinships, cultural identity and well-being, and to strengthen caring for Country by using both Indigenous and scientific knowledge. Earth Systems and Climate Change (ESCC) Hub & CSIRO.

Articles

How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints

Corporations have a significant role to play in reducing the digital carbon footprint. This article examines the challenges faced and how much can be done to overcome them.

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

With many people preferring to work from home, whether hybrid or full time, this article examines the carbon footprint cost of remote working.

Climate of fear: culture of hope

This article explores why language, literature and culture so important for combatting the climate crisis. Source: OpenLearn from The Open University.

Blog Posts

A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and 6 other key terms

This blog post gives a brief description of common terms used in discussions on Climate Change.

Submissions

Submission to the reopened Senate Environment and Communications References Committee to oppose the Federal Register of Legislation on Industry Research and Development (Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program) Instrument 2021

Source: Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO). Submission to the Northern Territory Parliament providing critical updates on research published in the last few years (2019-2022), highlighting improvements of understanding of the role of unconventional gas developments in adding to human disease, human deaths, social, psychological and mental health disturbance, foetal development errors, air pollution at regional scales, methane emissions contribution to climate change, rates of progression of climate change, and insufficiencies in water and biodiversity protection in Australia.