Oxfam
released 2 December 2019
Climate-fuelled disasters were the number one driver of internal displacement over the last decade – forcing an estimated 20 million people a year from their homes. While no one is immune, it is overwhelmingly poor countries that are most at risk. Eighty percent of those displaced in the last decade live in Asia, home to over a third of the world’s poorest people.
Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy
released 2 December 2019
Australia’s latest reports to the World Heritage Committee outline the comprehensive action being undertaken by the Australian and state governments to protect and sustain the Great Barrier Reef and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Areas.
Climate Council
released 2 December 2019
The report has found this summer is shaping up as a terrible trifecta of heatwaves, droughts and bushfires, made worse by climate change.
Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC)
released 2 December 2019
The Australian and New Zealand Governments have committed to release long-term emissions strategies in 2020 under the Paris Agreement. This Policy Brief provides an overview of the role and implications of long term emissions strategies for institutional investors, such as super and pension funds, in Australia and New Zealand.
Clean Energy Council
released 28 November 2019
The Clean Energy Outlook confidence index is the only index of its kind that provides an insight into the status of the Australian renewable energy and energy storage industry direct from the leaders and experts from within the industry. The key themes of the index cover investment confidence, employment trends and business challenges.
Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee (Vic), Parliament of Victoria
released 27 November 2019
The focus of this inquiry is about recycling and waste management in Victoria, particularly in the wake of changes to the export markets and the impact these changes have had on participants in the Victorian industry and on the Victorian community.
United Nations Environment Programme
released 26 November 2019
Each year for the last decade, the UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report has compared where greenhouse gas emissions are headed, against where they should be to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.