Oct 27, 2025 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases
The ACT Government today informed the community that the Territory will not meet our 2025 interim target of reducing emissions by 50-60% on 1990 levels and that if we stay on the current trajectory, we will struggle to achieve net zero by 2045. This reinvigorates the...
Oct 1, 2025 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Nature and waterways
The ACT Catchment Strategy Meeting took place on the 29th of August and brought together stakeholders who work within the catchment to review the updated Strategy ACT Catchment Strategy Guide. The ACT Catchment Strategy outlines goals to guide stakeholders in their...
Sep 30, 2025 | Climate, Latest News
The ACT Region Conservation Council was a recent signatory, alongside other members and groups of the Australian environment movement, to an open letter calling on the Australian Government to take urgent action to address the humanitarian, legal, and environmental...
Sep 30, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways
Canberrans love our natural environment. We want to protect our bush capital and make sure everyone can enjoy a healthy and thriving environment. We value the forests that dominate the mountains in the southern ACT. In the north, we value the grassy woodlands on the...
Sep 22, 2025 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases, Urban planning
The Conservation Council has recently made a submission on the draft Missing Middle Housing Reforms policy. This ACT Government policy aims to diversify the housing options for the Canberra region by increasing the stock of dual or tri-occupancy housing, townhouses...
Sep 10, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways
On the 14th of May, a resolution was passed in the ACT Legislative Assembly to protect the Coombs Peninsula from urban development in the future. This resolution marks an over decade-long struggle to guarantee a level of protection for Coombs Peninsula that is...
