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We could power households from the scraps in our food waste bins – here’s what is stopping us

​Imagine if you could power your kettle using the energy generated from the vegetable cuttings quietly breaking down in your kitchen's compost bin.

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Today’s decisions lock in industry emissions for decades — here’s how to get them right

If Australia is to do its bit, emissions need to fall across the economy.

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IPCC report: how to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping us

However you slice it, the latest IPCC report told the world what it already knew – and added even greater urgency.

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3 ways community gardens often exclude migrants and refugees — and how to turn this around

When community gardens are socially inclusive, everyone benefits.

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Not declaring the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’ only postpones the inevitable

​After much anticipation, the World Heritage Committee on Friday decided against listing the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger".

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Record-breaking temperatures mean we must change the way we talk about the climate emergency

But the notion that humanity should have known, or should have done something about the crisis earlier — that we should be ashamed for our lack of inaction — is unhelpful for dealing with the climate crisis.

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Majority of Australians in favour of banning new coal mines: Lowy poll

​More than six in ten Australians – 63% – support a ban on new coal mines opening in Australia, according to the Lowy Institute's Climate Poll 2021.

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Climate change will cost a young Australian up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals

No longer are the financial impacts of climate change a vague future loss – they’re now a tangible, quantifiable harm.

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Coronavirus Is A Wake-Up Call: Our War With The Environment Is Leading To Pandemics

Human health depends on healthy ecosystems.