AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoClimate in the courts: Australia’s High Court has blocked a NSW coal mine expansion over its climate impact, sharpening scrutiny of emissions from exported coal as governments elsewhere retreat from climate action. Fire and land care: New research links southeastern Australia’s bushfire risk not to climate alone, but to colonial land-use changes that ended cultural burning and allowed fuel to build up. Extreme weather: Queensland faces severe weather, with storms forecast across central and eastern Australia. Pacific and COP31: Pacific leaders are pressing for climate finance and stronger action ahead of the summit co-hosted by Australia and Türkiye. Nature under pressure: Drying wetlands are raising genetic risks for southern Australia’s brolgas, while conservationists are pushing a plan to tackle foxes threatening native wildlife. Energy transition: Australia has backed a global goal to expand rooftop solar, even as the Coalition moves to scrap net zero.
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