After our decades-long love affair with petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles, escalating environmental concerns, the recent oil-price spike and the global financial crisis mean the era of greener cars and trucks is fast gearing up.

Updating existing building stock to become more energy efficient is the most effective way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the built sector – and it pays off in many ways.

In our region, a sea-level rise of one metre would effectively put the small Pacific Island nations of Kiribati and Tuvalu at ground zero, a prospect that raises a host of humanitarian issues for Australia and New Zealand.

Alexandra de Blas reports on the Engaging Visions project which is documenting the environmental transformation taking place in the Murray–Darling Basin and how communities are coping with that change.

In May, the National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development meets for the 10th time. More than ever business leadership is needed to help us all address the challenges around climate change, water availability and species loss.

How much is a clean beach or pristine rainforest worth? Putting a value on ecosystem services is more than an analytical exercise.

The market pull for 'clean' – or environmentally friendly – technologies has grown pending the introduction of the Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) and a global move to formalise carbon markets.

During arguably the worst global economic recession since the 1930s, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen later this year to negotiate a Post Kyoto Framework and targets for decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions.