The federal government will be acting inconsistently with the Paris Agreement unless it strengthens its 2030 targets and aims for net-zero before 2050, warns a new science report.
South Australia's EPA will use its environmental licensing powers to ensure businesses properly consider climate risks, says the state government's new five-year climate action plan.
Australia needs a permanent resilience and recovery agency, and land-use planning must take better account of flooding and bushfire risks, according to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements.
Leading Australian banks, insurers and asset owners, in conjunction with climate scientists, have developed new guidelines on assessing physical climate risk and disclosing its financial impact.
Proposed gas developments would directly and indirectly emit up to 482 million tonnes of greenhouse gas annually, estimates a new report released by the Australian Conservation Foundation.
A fund managing more than A$136 billion has announced it has divested from five companies because their climate change lobbying conflicts with climate science.
Warren Entsch, the Morrison government's envoy for the Great Barrier Reef, is pushing key Coalition Ministers to take stronger action on climate change.