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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is installing up to 20 new air quality monitors in west Lake Macquarie to assist the community to respond to local air quality issues including dust, as a warm dry summer approaches. EPA Director Operations David Gathercole said the monitors will complement the existing air quality monitoring network operated … Continued
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NSW’s wildly popular recycling scheme, Return and Earn, is today celebrating six years of success in which it has seen 8 out of 10 NSW adults participate and over 10.4 billion drink containers returned for recycling through its statewide return point network. Launched in December 2017, Return and Earn is a NSW Government initiative … Continued
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COP28 TALENT LIST Nov 30-Dec 12 2023 GENERAL COP28 SCHEDULE The following First Nations’ representatives, Pacific Islands representatives, climate and health experts, people with lived experience of climate change, climate impact experts and climate policy experts are attending COP28 in Dubai. Please note Dubai is 7 hours behind AEDT. Further commentators are available … Continued
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On the 1st December, just prior to the COP28 Health Day on the 3rd December, representatives of the medical colleges for general practitioners (GPs), emergency doctors, rural and remote doctors, and surgeons, as well as other doctors and health professionals, gather at 8 am on the steps of Parliament House to call on the WA … Continued
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Oxfam Australia, The Climate Action Network Australia, ActionAid Australia, Caritas Australia and Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education have welcomed the landmark announcement of the establishment of the Loss and Damage Fund at COP28, and call on Australia to make an initial $100 million pledge to the Fund. The Loss and Damage Fund … Continued
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COP28 is an opportunity for Australia to demonstrate they are genuine climate allies to the Pacific, says Honourable Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu Minister for Climate Change On the first day of COP28, the Honourable Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu Minister for Climate Change outlined the ways in which Australia can be a genuine climate ally to the … Continued
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 NOVEMBER 2023 Effort matters: Climate report card shows Aussies benefit from Govt action Today’s climate report card shows that Australia’s emissions have fallen in sectors like electricity where the government has put in concerted effort. However, pollution is rising in transport and from fossil fuels, where policy is languishing. Today’s … Continued
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Thursday 30 November: The AFAC, the National Council for fire and emergency services, has released its seasonal bushfire outlook, where the area of increased fire risk has increased from spring, and now includes all of far north Queensland and northern NSW, including areas that burned during the 2019-20 Black Summer fires. Included in the … Continued
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November 30, 2023 Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action welcomes news that the NSW Government’s Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Bill will include an interim target of 70% emission reduction by 2035. Commenting on the developments, CEO, Serena Joyner said: “We are relieved and encouraged to see that the NSW Coalition, along with crossbench colleagues, … Continued
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Thursday 30th November 2023, L’Oréal Groupe Australia and New Zealand have announced a new partnership with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF), to help coral reefs withstand the devastating impacts of climate change. L’Oréal Groupe is reinforcing its longstanding commitment to biodiversity with a 6th new investment in coral reef regeneration with the Great Barrier … Continued
