Australia’s environment is under grave threat from climate change; facing some of the greatest risks in human history. Accelerating climate change is also turbocharging other threats like habitat destruction and proliferation of invasive species. Collectively, this is pushing many natural places around the country to the brink of ecological collapse.
This report collates the scientific evidence that explains how climate change harms nature, and the impacts already being experienced by species and landscapes that the country's environment law was designed to protect, such as one-of-a-kind plants and animals, and iconic places like the Great Barrier Reef.
Informed by climate science and expert policy insights, the report also outlines the priority improvements the Australian Parliament should urgently make to its national environment law in order to fix its massive blind spot on climate change.
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