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Local government councils representing more than two million Australians have called on the Federal Government to commit to strong, unified action on climate change, ahead of the UN Climate Conference COP26 in November.

The Australian arm of Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has donated $52,000 to help in restoration efforts for the Great Barrier Reef.

The ACT Government has chosen financier Brighte as the exclusive administration partner for the first phase of their flagship climate policy, the Sustainable Household Scheme.

Digital infrastructure company Equinix says it is committed to becoming climate-neutral and has set a science-based target (SBT) for emissions reduction across its global operations and supply chain by 2030.

Energy and telecommunications customer services provider AGL and Australian energy technology group RayGen have joined forces to begin construction of a $27 million concentrated solar and thermal storage project.

A vegetation-mediated seesaw wetting-drying phenomenon between eastern and western Australia causes the strong variability in climate in Australia, scientists from the Flinders University claim.

Engineers Australia, the peak body of the engineering profession, will turn its focus to climate at a roundtable in Sydney this week aimed at exploring practical ways in which engineers can accelerate the low carbon transition and reduce the impacts of climate change on communities.

Sea anemones appear to have a secret weapon that protects them against high temperatures and bleaching that is affecting coral reefs due to climate change, researchers from Flinder University claim.

An international team of researchers based at Australia’s Casey Station in Antarctica is drilling into the icecap and undertaking climate research in the hunt for an elusive molecule that helps cleanse the atmosphere of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting chemicals.

The CSIRO has deployed a number of deep sea floats in the Southern Ocean to help increase the understanding of oceans, the way they warm and their impact on climate.

Over $5 million in new investment funding will be used to develop services for Australian researchers in fields including climate, medical, terrestrial and marine environments, culture and genomics.

A national climate research centre is to be established in the Tasmanian capital of Hobart to focus on climate modelling and projections for Australia.

The Internet of Things and the development of so-called ‘smart cities are fueling huge worldwide growth in the number of connected ‘things’, with latest estimates of 1.6 billion of these connections being used by smart cities next year - 2016 – alone.

Data generated on Australia’s most powerful supercomputer, Raijin, has allowed scientific researchers to produce detailed animations of the movement of the densest and coldest water in the world, Antarctica.

National ICT Australia (NICTA) and the University of Sydney have collaborated to create the first digital map of seafloor sediments using artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.

Sydney radio shock jock Alan Jones has been rapped over the knuckles by the media watchdog ACMA for factually unsupported comments he made two years ago about the rate of warming of the planet due to climate change.

Leading business management software company, SAP, has been recognised by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its corporate, organisational and individual leadership in addressing climate change and reducing carbon pollution, with the company the winner of the EPA's inaugural Climate Leadership Award.

Climate variations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans will drive the planet's climate in 2012.

Understanding how climate change could impact on the deterioration of the basic building block of much of Australia's infrastructure - concrete - is crucial to ensuring major assets such as roads, ports and buildings continue to perform up to expectations, according to a CSIRO report.