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Environment group says $4.5bn saving should be redirected to rural and regional renewal after bushfires The Australian Conservation Foundation is calling on the federal government to cap lucrative fuel tax credits for big business, with the $4.5bn annual saving to be redirected to rural and regional renewal in the wake of the summer bushfire crisis.

What helps or limits the use of ecosystem services ideas in practice? In this paper we develop and test a new institutionalist-based analytical scheme to explore how ecosystem services as a “new” policy idea might interact with established policy regimes, processes, and norms. The scheme is based on three different decision-making levels: micro, meso, and

Inequality also targeted as 2,000 high-profile figures champion sustainable development goals in open letter Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Malala Yousafzai are among 2,000 leading activists, campaigners and public figures who have backed an open letter demanding urgent action to end extreme poverty, conquer inequality and fix the climate crisis. Directed at the world leaders

Climate activist also applied to register name of climate movement Fridays for Future The climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she has applied to register her name and that of the Fridays For Future movement she founded in 2018, which has gone global and catapulted her to international fame. The move would allow legal action

Exclusive: attempts to tackle crisis fail because gender issues are not addressed, report finds Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability to tackle the crises, a major report has concluded. Attempts to repair environmental degradation and adapt