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The Act is as of September 2024 administered by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Lists of threatened species are drawn up under the Act, and these lists, the primary reference to threatened species in Australia, are available online through the Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).
Anjali Sharma (born 2004) is an Australian climate activist who was the lead litigant in a class action in the Australian Federal Court, seeking an injunction against the Australian Government and the Minister for the Environment for failing to consider the impacts of climate change when approving a coal mining permit. While no injunction was ...
Recent climate events such as extremely high temperatures and widespread drought have focused government and public attention on the effects of climate change in Australia. [8] Rainfall in southwestern Australia has decreased by 10–20% since the 1970s, while southeastern Australia has also experienced a moderate decline since the 1990s. [5]
Between 2010 and 2019, Australian environmental groups advertised over 24,000 events on Facebook. [16] A protester at a lock-on in 2014 in opposition to a mine. The governments of John Howard, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard all prioritised climate change policies such as carbon pricing and emissions trading schemes. [14]
The Safeguard Mechanism – Australia’s primary policy for controlling emissions from its biggest polluters – simply won’t survive many more of these super-emitting coal projects. And yet ...
The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is an Australian Government statutory agency responsible for providing independent advice to government on climate change policy. It was established by and operates under the Climate Change Authority Act 2011 , and commenced operations on 1 July 2012.
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is a department of the Australian Government.The department was established on 1 July 2022, superseding the water and environment functions from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and energy functions from the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.
The website also hosted a number of other databases and applications in the areas of biodiversity, climate change, heritage, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), environmental protection, land and water, as well as photo galleries of Australian plants, and environmental and cultural heritage subjects. [7]