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Australia should take advantage of its natural resources to lead the world in the green metals race, a report has found, with one facility an obvious choice.

Australia is home to some of the world's rarest reptile species, putting them at high risk from the illegal wildlife trade, experts say.

The carbon budget to limit warning to 1.5C has effectively been exhausted, the latest stocktake warns alongside worrying findings for natural carbon sinks.

Australia could help to reduce carbon emissions around the world using green metals but one state is likely to play a bigger role than others.

An inquiry has condemned the government response to a devastating algal bloom and called for a federal plan to tackle climate-induced ecological disasters.

Closing well-known loopholes that allow widescale clearing of native vegetation is vital if the Great Barrier Reef is to be saved, a policy heavy-hitter warns.

The Elders behind a landmark climate case against the federal government say they have to appeal a federal court's decision for the future of their children.

Deserted conservation promises are a blind spot for global negotiations on climate and biodiversity, researchers say, and are devilishly hard to track.

Steel made with green energy will be preferred on major government projects in a move hailed by renewables advocates as a step forward for Australian industry.

The main event of the two-week United Nations COP30 summit comes at a pivotal time for global action on climate change.

A major super fund has been fined for allegedly making misleading online advertisements, claiming it was committed to removing all carbon emission investments.

Finalists in the prestigious Ocean Photographer of the Year award have gone on display, from tiny crustaceans to giant surf and minke whales.

Global climate talks are taking place in the Amazon - the "lungs of the world" - as political headwinds threaten to blow multinational collaboration off course.