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A sense of despair and outrage among young people over global heating is being met with indifference and dismissal among some older relatives The climate crisis lingers in the back of Gemma Gutierrez’s mind, a gnawing anxiety that blossoms fully when she reads about wildfires, flooding or other climate-related disasters. It’s a nagging concern that

Urban agriculture has received considerable attention for its role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, and health and well-being for growing urban populations. Urban gardens managed with agroecological practices and higher plant diversity support more biodiversity and may support higher crop production. Plant selection in gardens is a function of temperature and environmental conditions and

If policies promoting net zero emissions by 2050 are adopted 250,000 jobs would be created and $680bn added to the economy Australia’s economy will be 6% smaller, there will be 880,000 fewer jobs and $3.4tn in economic opportunities will be lost if the climate crisis goes unchecked for the next 50 years, a report says.

Publication date: February 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 180 Author(s): Imane El Ouadghiri, Khaled Guesmi, Jonathan Peillex, Andreas Ziegler

The bushfires and the plague are symptoms of something momentous unfolding on Earth – an acceleration of our impact on nature This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020 What has been the most shocking event of 2020? Was it awakening on New Year’s Day to

Intervention by ‘economically rational Liberal’ comes as Anthony Albanese hedges on 2030 emissions targets Australian PM’s office omits net zero emissions from account of Morrison’s talk with Johnson Overwhelming majority believe Australia is already experiencing climate change The New South Wales environment minister, the Liberal Matt Kean, has launched a clarion call for his party