State of the Environment 2018 Report

In 2019, three significant reports on the health of our environment, prepared by the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, were publicly released - the State of the Environment 2018 Report, the State of the Yarra and its Parklands 2018 Report, and the State of the Forests 2018 Report.

Using 170 different scientific indicators, the State of the Environment 2018 Report shows us where we’re doing well and where we need to improve.

The report includes recommendations. The Commissioner’s recommendations include specific actions, policy changes, and new indicators to monitor so we can fill gaps in our knowledge and improve decision making.

The Future Focus 2030 discussion and recommendations are intended to support environmental improvement over the next decade to 2030. This is not an arbitrary time-horizon. It aligns the recommendations of this report with the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ and the reporting arrangements of the Sustainable Development Goals. All 193 member states of the UN have committed to achieving each goal and target by 2030 in order to ‘leave no one behind’.