The rapidly emerging crisis on our doorstep

Published: 9 April 2021

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute

released 9 April 2021

The report presents several policy recommendations for Australia, including the need to greatly expand the Government’s capacity to understand and identify the most likely paths through which disruptive climate events (individually, concurrently, or consecutively) can cause cascading, security-relevant impacts, such as disruptions of critical supply chains, galvanized separatist movements, climate refugees, opportunistic intervention by outside powers, political instability, and conflict.

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Australia’s Environment: 2020 REPORT

Published: 1 April 2021

Centre for Water and Landscape Dynamics, Australian National University

released 31 March 2021

The annual Australia’s Environment Report summarises a large amount of observations on the trajectory of our natural resources and ecosystems.

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The risks to Australia of a 3°C warmer world

Published: 31 March 2021

Australian Academy of Science

released 31 March 2021

This report synthesises the observed impacts of climate change on Australia and the risk to our future of the current global trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions. It focuses on the consequences of 3°C of global warming in the absence of greater mitigation strategies for four areas of importance to Australia’s future: our ecosystems, food production, cities and towns, and health and wellbeing. The impacts of those changes on the lives and wellbeing of Australians are discussed in detail.

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Australian voters’ attitudes to climate action and their social-political determinants

Published: 25 March 2021

R. M. Colvin , Frank Jotzo

released 24 March 2021

Australia is a relative laggard on climate policy, amidst social and political fractures despite rising support for climate policy in opinion polls. In the 2019 Australian federal election, which was dubbed the ‘climate election’, the opposition campaigned on comparatively ambitious climate action but the government was returned on a status quo policy. We explore the social-political determinants of climate attitudes and how they are positioned in relation to voting behaviour, in the context of the 2019 election.

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Taking stock: A global assessment of net zero targets

Published: 24 March 2021

Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit & Oxford Net Zero

released 23 March 2021

The first systematic analysis of significant emitters, looking at the robustness of net zero pledges as well as their scope. The report looks for evidence that entities have components of a credible plan in place, such as interim targets, a reporting mechanism and clarity on use of offsets; we do not assess whether such plans are internally coherent nor compatible with a global trajectory to the 1.5°C Paris Agreement target.12 This report is an ‘opening snapshot’ that will allow the anticipated strengthening of net zero targets to be tracked over time.

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