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The swamp near my home has been dry for two years, and fires burn down to the beaches ‘We’ve pissed mother nature off, big time’: the people coming home after Australia’s fires Last Australian autumn, and all through winter, a group of retired fire chiefs wanted to meet with prime minister Scott Morrison, and warn

Publication date: May 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 171 Author(s): Bill Schultz Abstract Does the division of a society into identity groups increase the risk of unsustainable resource use? This study considers the theory that diversity leads to degradation by preventing joint-planning across a community of resource users. A cooperative game theory model is used

Source says officials in COP26 unit could not work with Claire O’Neill in run-up to Glasgow talks Claire O’Neill, the former UK energy minister who was to lead the UN climate talks this year in Glasgow, has been removed from the post. Her sacking comes as Boris Johnson prepares to launch the UK’s strategy for

Ugandan activist says she hopes storm over Davos photo will help shift narrative The Ugandan climate activist who was cropped out of a press photo in Davos has said many African activists experience the same erasure but feel unable to speak up. The Associated Press apologised last week after it cropped Vanessa Nakate out of

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