While the Australian Government and Opposition are delaying making a decision about short-term cuts to greenhouse gas emissions until 2008, the National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development has signed up almost 100 senior business people to support a national climate change framework that calls for a 20 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions, from 2000 levels, by 2020.

Australia’s high per capita consumption of water could be at the heart of our water crisis.

Invasive species are the second greatest threat to birds in Australia, so new web-based tools to help choose plants to replace weeds with fleshy fruit will be a welcome relief to our feathered friends.

The Gunns pulp mill - just what is fact and what is fiction?

When organisations embrace sustainability as a core – rather than peripheral – value, they create competitive advantage and a wealth of goodwill. At least two Australian companies have proved it, writes Sean Rooney.

Organic food producers in New Zealand are battling to gain consumer awareness of labels and the official marks of certification that differentiate their products from others.

When it comes to using energy around the home, people seem to be getting the message that it’s important to ‘switch off and save’. The next step is understanding how much energy is used by different activities, so we know which to tackle first, advises Peter Seligman.

A study has shown that composting can reduce sediment transport by up to 90 per cent and promote vegetation growth on previously degraded catchments.

Simon Grose questions whether carbon trading is a "superficial exercise in carbon-shifting and guilt abatement".

Clearly our major cities are facing a problem, but a recent WWF report warns that the tempting lure of using our oceans as an abundant source of potential fresh water should have ‘a limited place in water supply’.

Massey’s Centre for Energy Research is backing a combined hydro, solar and wind energy project that aims to supply the power needs of a small rural community in the Totara Valley, Tararua District.

One of the world’s first marine reserves – Goat Island Reserve at the northern end of the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand – turned 30 this year, and is proving the value of the marine reserve system in maintaining biodiversity.

When it comes to being frugal with water and energy, the over-60s are winners, according to the results of a recent large-scale survey.

With Australia’s future climate predicted to be hotter and drier, Australian researchers are thinking more creatively about our cities’ water supplies.

Researchers analysing corals using mining industry technology are throwing light on climate change.