Mandatory climate reporting: ESG now a licence to do business?
New climate reporting laws are likely to impact supply chains over time and require a holistic approach to ESG requirements.
The legal implications of climate change
The Law Society of NSW has launching new guidance, to help practitioner consider how climate change-related risks may impact client advice, and the solicitor-client relationship
Cleaning up the Climate Change Act
Australia’s climate change legislation needs reform, environment experts say, and this includes embedding a mechanism in the law to enforce assessment of climate impacts when…
Keeping a weather eye open on COP28
Key priorities, funding updates and expectations of Australia at COP28, now at its midpoint.
People with disability more vulnerable to climate change
People with disability are becoming increasingly vulnerable as climate change effects worsen. Their inclusion and protection are at risk, and Australia’s First Nations people with…
Greenwashed? Australian parents take energy giant to court
Australian Parents for Climate Action have taken one of Australia’s biggest energy providers to court over claims of greenwashing.
Barrier Reef still in danger despite UNESCO deferral
Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the world’s largest coral ecosystem remains under threat with summer just around the corner.
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On all fronts: Bushfire survivors challenge new coal
Bushfire survivors have challenged the extension of Whitehaven Coal’s large underground mine near Narrabri, NSW
UN win for Torres Strait Islanders on climate change damage
Australia violated the rights of Torres Strait Islanders by failing to act on climate change, the UN says. Here’s what that means.
Federal Court: April 2022
Reporting and analysis of the latest key Federal Court judgments. By JO SHEPARD AND DR DAVID J TOWNSEND.