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NEWS 26 SEP 2019
Transport: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series
As part of our special series exploring the 13 key themes of the Victorian SoE 2018 Report, this week we highlight our chapter on transport and review the Recommendation.The Transport…
NEWS 16 SEP 2019
International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series
Today is International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and marks 32 years since the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol has led to the phase-out of 99 per cent of ozone-depleting…
NEWS 19 MAR 2019
Victoria’s environmental report card: Air quality improving but challenges remain for biodiversity
Victoria’s comprehensive report card on the health of Victoria’s natural environment, the State of Environment (SoE) 2018 Report has been released. The report which tells a story of good…
NEWS 19 MAR 2019
Victoria’s energy transition and the decarbonisation of Victoria by 2050
Photo: Hepburn Wind The challenges of decarbonising Victoria’s $400 billion economy and transitioning to net zero emissions by 2050 as the population continues to grow towards 10 million, is one…
NEWS 8 MAR 2019
Women leading reforms in the environmental sector
As part of International Womens Day, the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio addressed the Legislative Assembly in the Victorian Parliament …
NEWS 4 FEB 2019
Holistic Marine Spatial Planning for Victoria’s Marine Waters
Members of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability attend Victoria’s first Marine Spatial Planning Summit on 1 February 2019 organised by DELWP. By Senior Science Writer…
NEWS 14 AUG 2018
A new Marine and Coastal Act
To protect Victoria’s marine and coastal environments now and into the future, we have established a new Marine and Coastal Act as part of a broader package of reforms. On 1 August 2018 the …
NEWS 28 JUL 2018
Is air quality the most important environmental indicator?
I wanted to share some of the fantastic insights from a CEDA event on Innovation Precincts that Andrea Hinwood, Victoria’s Chief Environmental Scientist and I attended last week. We…
STORY 2 JUL 2018
Hungry urchins
Why underwater meadows matter South Gippsland’s Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park, just to the east of Wilsons Prom, is the only place in Victoria with large, unbroken areas of seagrass…
STORY 2 JUL 2018
30 years of renewable energy in Victoria
Past and future performance A 2014 Climate Council report found Victoria and NSW were the only Australian states that had not increased the proportion of renewable energy in their…