Hosting the United Nations climate summit (COP) is a major opportunity to safeguard Australia's security, while ensuring an economic future as a clean energy powerhouse. This report explains how hosting the event presents the opportunity to showcase Australia's advantages in abundant solar, wind, storage and innovation, to service the big energy needs of nearby countries...

This review aims to support all Australian council and community stakeholders to better understand local government climate change targets, actions, strategies and policies. It provides a comprehensive assessment of actions councils are undertaking and the barriers and opportunities facing councils and their communities.

The National Health and Climate Strategy sets out a whole-of-government plan for achieving healthy, climate-resilient communities and a sustainable, resilient, high-quality, net zero health system. This initial implementation plan presents the milestones for the actions prioritised for delivery in 2024 and foreshadows the activities to deliver the remaining actions in 2025 and beyond.

The report highlights the perilous situation Australia’s endangered koalas are facing from the dual threats of habitat destruction from land clearing and climate change, and assesses the potential climate pollution of dozens of currently proposed coal mines. It examines proposed new coal mining projects that are planning to clear koala habitat, including projects that are...

This article argues the health sector must take on a leadership role in championing climate action from a health perspective, to combat the growing health inequities Australians are facing in a changing climate.