Background Briefs

Climate data modelling shows that by 2050 communities in the federal electoral division of Cook would be markedly hotter, on average 15 per cent drier and experience more periods of extreme heat because of high global emissions.

This briefing addresses some frequently asked questions about limiting warming to 1.5°C, and explains some of the key issues that will be covered by the IPCC’s latest report.

In the year to March 2018 Australia’s emissions increased 1.3%.

Adani’s latest plans represents a material weakening of protections for Queensland groundwater.

The key design elements needed for government underwriting of dispatchable energy to ensure it supports clean projects that support cheap wind and solar, not new dirty coal.

The NSW bill will ensure damage from feral horses on the sensitive alpine environments of Kosciuszko National Park continue and increase, despite the numerous threatened species and rare ecosystems that call the park home.