Australian National University

A new study by the Australian National University has shown for the first time the full extent of the areas burned by Victorian bushfires over the past two decades.

Extremely hot and dry weather in 2019 created the worst drought and fire conditions in many decades. Overall environmental condition was the poorest since at least 2000 and below- average in all states and territories.

The national Environmental

This report is part of a joint Australia-France project under which Australian and French teams have worked to map environmental security risks in the Indian and Southern Oceans. This study establishes an environmental security ‘risk map’ for the region

This fact sheet summarises indicators of Australia’s environment in the year 2017. The objective is to understand how Australia’s environment is changing, what environmental information is currently available, and where important gaps exist. This fact

A new study shows that the extreme high temperatures of 2015 will be average temperatures by 2025. The study warns that under a 2 degrees Celcius climate warming scenario, Australia should prepare for days with temperatures up to 50 degrees Celcius, highlighting the need for immediate global climate action.

The potential for drought like conditions to increase the spread of infectious diseases is much less researched than flood-induced infections. Researchers will now look at building models to forecast the arrival of these illnesses.

In an interview with Camilla Burkot, Robert Glasser, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction in the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) speaks about developments in DRR globally and in the Pacific, links between disaster and climate risk, and the role that UNISDR plays.