Feb 11, 2022 | Climate, Latest News
Let’s put the climate front and centre for the 2022 Federal Election! 1. Paint the town yellow! The Conservation Council is partnering with the Climate Action Network Australia and CANsign to distribute these distinctive Climate Action Now signs as part of a...
Nov 12, 2021 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases, Transport, Urban planning, Waste
The Conservation Council ACT Region welcomes the report on Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in the ACT, produced by the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment and tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly on 11th November. “This report is an important step...
Oct 17, 2021 | Climate, Nature and waterways, Transport, Urban planning, Waste
Earlier this year, the Conservation Council made a Budget submission to the ACT Government this year that focussed on 4 key priorities: Respond to the climate emergency by expediting action to cut the ACT’s direct emissions from gas (stationary energy) and transport;...
Oct 1, 2021 | Climate, Latest News
The world’s leaders will meet in Glasgow from 31 Oct to 12 Nov for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, with the aim of increasing the pace of action to halt global warming. Australia is one of only a few countries without a commitment to or a plan for reaching net...
Sep 30, 2021 | Climate, Latest News, Nature and waterways
The Conservation Council ACT Region cautiously welcomed funding for climate action and the environment announced today by the ACT Government, though has raised concerns that some of the biggest-ticket items in the Budget will deliver little in the way of emissions...
Aug 25, 2021 | Climate, Latest News
(Image by Amy Bracks) Our Code Red for planet earth came with an instruction book for how to turn it around – so let’s get to it. The latest IPCC report on the state of the global climate didn’t pull any punches with its “Code Red for planet earth”, but there...
