A new approach to bushfire management

Australia’s escalating bushfire crisis calls for an urgent, comprehensive national reset, according to a new report entitled ‘Pathways for Sustainable Coexistence with Wildfires’.

Nature positive legislation required

A team of Australian researchers is calling for urgent reforms to the nation’s environmental laws to meet the Federal government’s ambitious nature-positive commitments.

After the rain

Researchers from the University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, Australian National University and One Basin CRC will soon pilot a new strategy for assessing the risk climate change poses to water resources.

The dirty side of greenwashing

There can be a fine line between green marketing and greenwashing but some businesses practices are clearly dishonest and deliberately misleading.

Friend or foe?

Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword which can help both enhance transparency or perpetuate false claims on sustainability efforts.

On the QT

“Greenhushing” is the growing practice of companies keeping their sustainability credentials secret, but it’s not always because they have something to hide.

How brands exploit green certification

Greenwashing, free-riding, and institutional inertia can undermine the value of environmental certifications, posing challenges for businesses and consumers alike.

Towards a “nature positive” Australia

Australia has a terrible track record of environmental destruction, a trend which continues unabated despite the Government signing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework two years ago.

The secret history of sharks

The megalodon was one of the most fearsome predators which ever existed, so what made them die out 3.5 million years ago?

Plastic apocalypse

8 million tons of plastic dumped into our oceans every year, our marine life is swallowing more plastic than ever — and it’s killing them.

One world to share

Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, according to an international research team.

Curbing the cats

The Invasive Species Council have called on all parties to commit to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats on Australia’s wildlife ahead of the upcoming federal election.