Publications

In Inside Story (22.6.15) John Quiggin argues that the prospects for action on climate have never been better. Concluding: ‘More generally, achieving the targets set out

Steve Turton writes in The Land (22.6.15)  ‘The (recently released) white paper has not referenced high-quality expert advice prepared by the Northern Australian Land and Water Task

Matt Wade writes in the Sydney Morning Herald (22.6.15) that highlights expert opinion that ‘there is a growing financial risk posed by in invfestments in fossil

Australia Institute policy brief comparing tax concessions available to the mining and environmental lobbies. Tax concessions and the mining lobby »

Peter Burden’s overview (The Conversation, 19.6.15) of Pope Francis’s Encyclical Letter on climate change includes the fact that the Encyclical argues that high polluting fossil fuels

In The Conversation (19.6.15) Peter Burdon provides an overview, and discusses the significance, of Pope Francis’s Encyclical Letter on climate change. Pope Francis throws down the

On 18 June 2015 Pope Francis released an Encyclical Letter on climate change. In the first chapter, ‘What is happening to our common home?’ the Pope

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, in The Conversation (1.6.15) writes that the real work on preserving the Reef starts now: ‘It’s time to vindicate UNESCO’s decision by showing that

Jon C. Day writes in The Conversation (1.6.15) that the draft decision by UNESCO and IUCN puts Australia on notice: ‘Either way, the reality is that

Flier for United Nations Association meeting at Griffith University Southbank campus, 4 June 2015. Flier for UN climate change seminar »

The status of the GBR has avoided being downgraded by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee but the future of the ecological treasure remains subject to close scrutiny.

Tony Wood and David Blowers, for the Gratton Institute, write (24.5.15): ‘An energy revolution is at hand in Australia, as the arrival of home batteries combines