Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his government’s response to climate change, repeating the line that ‘technology and not taxes’ would address the climate emergency.
Michael Grose, Joelle Gergis and Pep Canadell and Roshanka Ranasinghe
10 August 2021
A highly anticipated report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has confirmed that the effects of human-caused climate change have well and truly arrived in Australia.
Each year Australia wastes an average of 7.3 million tonnes of food, and now experts are calling for the urgent introduction of national sustainable consumption goals to help halve that figure within the next decade.
A move by Coles to ditch plastic collectables as part of its broader efforts to improve its environmental credentials shows how sustainability is fast becoming the new frontier for Australian retailers.
Sustainable household and beauty brands are using Plastic Free July as an opportunity to spark new conversations with their customers about reducing their use of single-use plastics.