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Tyberius Larking on Karst as a Metaphor for Solidarity
By Tyberius Larking
Sun, sea and … storm surges: bayside buyers beware
By Gideon Cohen, Pauline Février, Hannah VandenbogaerdePlanning experts believe many Port Phillip residents are under informed about how climate change will increase their risk of flooding in coming decades
Canary in the coalmine
By Amelia Costigan, Ann Khorany, Hannah HammoudGippsland’s industrial and economic past is returning to haunt it, with weather extremes and rising sea levels associated with human-induced climate change, driven by the use of fossil fuels.
Is Rights-Based Climate Litigation Possible in Australia?
By Sam BookmanLaw has emerged as one the key battlegrounds of the Climate Crisis. As the world heats up, so too have many courtrooms around the world as activists try to hold governments and companies to account for their greenhouse gas emissions
Standing to enforce the right to a healthy environment: what are the barriers and do they matter?
By Bridget LewisThe right to a healthy environment is recognised in over 150 countries and is gaining traction in Australia. At the international level, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) recently adopted a resolution recognising that all people have the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Editor’s note on Gaza
By Roselina PressContributors
The Australian media’s silence on Palestine is deafening.
Sarah Jacob in conversation with Randa Abdel-FattahSarah Jacob speaks to Randa Abdel-Fattah about the Australian media’s reticence to talk about Palestine.
“We are living in a decisive moment that will be judged by history. An immediate humanitarian ceasefire [in Gaza] is the bare minimum that the Australian Government should be calling for.”
Roselina Press, Editor of Right Now