Artificial light helps humans work, play and travel safely at night. However, artificial lighting that is inappropriate, excessive or poorly designed spreads into unwanted places. This is known as ...

In 2018 Australia established the ambitious 2025 National Packaging Targets. The Targets create a new sustainable pathway for the way we manage packaging in Australia. The 4 targets to be achieved by ...

The koala (combined populations of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory) was listed as endangered on 12 February 2022. This means there are changes to how you must consider ...

Composting food and organic waste can all help reduce waste and create healthy soils.

Under the National Hydrogen Strategy (the Strategy), the Australian Government committed to undertake an annual review of Australia’s clean hydrogen industry development performance and publish an ...

To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. Until the end of 2004, World Heritage sites were selected ...

global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant safety classification blend composition (where applicable). For completeness, some HFCs that are not commonly used as refrigerants are listed. The GWP values ...

Driving climate action, science and innovation so we are ready for the future.

Our response to the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is now available. It sets out the government’s commitment to reform Australia’s ...

We established pilot programs to test activities for an environmental market. The activities aim to increase private sector participation in delivering biodiversity outcomes. The pilot programs are ...

The National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors provide methods that help companies and individuals estimate greenhouse gas emissions. While drawing on the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting ...

The guidelines raise awareness of the impacts of artificial light on wildlife. They can help you protect Australia’s threatened wildlife. The guidelines include: a framework for how to assess and ...