As demand for cleaner fossil fuel-burning alternative grows, Australian company Buru Energy is exploring fracking in the pristine Kimberley Region amid the Aboriginal peoples' strong objections.
Across the globe, countries are figuring out how to bring plants and animals back to abandoned mines. With as many as 60,000 such sites, Australia could offer important lessons.
Aisheeya Huq –
Climate change is an issue with a ticking clock and the fact that adults and politicians are not doing enough is, simply put, repulsive, writes Aisheeya Huq, 16-year-old volunteer at the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
Hussein Dia –
Transport-related emissions have increased nearly 60 per cent since 1990. Swinburne University of Technology's Hussein Dia outlines four strategies to cut emissions and fight climate change.
Paul Gilding –
The meat industry's attempt to block the mainstreaming of alternatives puts it in the same role as the fossil fuel industry, writes Changing Markets Foundation's Paul Gilding. Where are the policies to limit emissions from the food and agriculture sector?
There is no time left for fatalism, only action if the world is to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, says Australia's chief scientist, Alan Finkel.
As we celebrate World Mental Health Day today, leaders are called to protect the community’s mental health by offering a solid action plan to address the increasing impacts of climate change.
As a wealthy, emissions-intensive country with abundant natural resources in a region highly vulnerable to climate impacts, will the Land Down Under rise up to the climate challenge?
Eco-Business –
An independent media organisation in a tough industry, Eco-Business has striven to be Asia Pacific’s go-to source for all things sustainable business. To mark our seventh birthday, we've put together a video about our work and how we define purposeful journalism.
Bianca Nogrady, Ensia.com –
A massive solar thermal plant and world’s biggest lithium ion battery are making this down-under state a renewable energy powerhouse.
Vaidehi Shah –
In a bid to ease population pressure on Sydney and Melbourne and revive regional economies, an ambitious private sector plan aims to build eight new cities in inland Australia and connect them with a high speed rail—all without a cent of public money.
Planet, People, Prosperity describes Yarra Valley Water's performance and aspirations in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).This report captures the ways we create and deplete value, and references ...
With the tagline "Taking the Pulse of the Planet", State of the World's Birds is a major global assessment that uses bird species to measure the health of our ecosystems ...
Many businesses lack clear strategies and processes to monitor and manage human rights risks in their supply chains, despite recent high profile violations, new research finds.
This year the Sustainable Business Australia 'Smart Business in Action' (SBiA) Summits convened more than 175 sustainability leaders across Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne to hear speakers talk on business and ...
