The Climate Council commissioned Professor Jacqueline Peel, Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, and Professor of Environmental and Climate Law at the University of Melbourne Law School, to produce this report examining the gaps in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act and other federal laws for protection of the climate.

This paper takes stock of the institutional set-ups, mechanisms and practices used by governments, and in particular centres of government, to steer climate change policy.

On 1 January 2024, timber harvesting in native forests will be banned in Victoria. This paper provides an overview of the timber industry in Victoria on the eve of significant change, outlining the varied and at times competing interests, policies, philosophies and approaches that influence a sector that has a wide range of stakeholders.

This report explores how and why New Zealand's climate and atmosphere are changing, and considers the current and future effects of the changing climate on the things New Zealanders care about.

This report collates the scientific evidence that explains how climate change harms nature, and the impacts already being experienced by species and landscapes that Australia's environment laws were designed to protect.