Aussie Enviro

Considering the global nature of Conference of the Parties (COP) we're relaxing the community rule requiring posts to have a relation to Australian environmental concerns for the duration of COP30 this year.

This is to allow users to post general COP news alongside regular posts.

Posts that don't overtly have a relation to Australia or COP might still be removed.

An easy way around this for users, for this COP period, is to describe in the post why they think the link has a particular relation to Australian concerns above and beyond the general nature of Australia's link to the world fucking cooking and ecosystems dying.

I know theres a bit of grey in this rule change idea. If it doesn't work, sorry in advance!

Good post on fire risk over on c/australia right now.

Refer to the UNCC page for general COP30 updates.

The Australian Pavillion was a fantastic hub last year for interesting and important conversations regarding climate change. I'm hoping for much the same this year, and will be a base for much of my viewing and posts around the goings.

Australian Pavilion at COP30, DCCEEW - Youtube Channel

UN Climate Change Conference - Belém, November 2025 - Updates

UN news

COP30 in Belém, Brazil begins next week. I'll be trying to follow along with a series of posts, and daily threads, mainly tracking the Australian Pavilion.

I haven't looked up the Pacific and Kiwis Pavillion yet, but might track their progress through the week as well.

What do people think good idea? Or no?

The developer of what stands to be Australia’s biggest battery says the new breed of hybrid solar and storage projects, starting to dominate the national renewables pipeline, can power new and existing industrial energy needs at an “incredibly competitive” cost – and without government handouts.

https://archive.md/WMs4U

TLDR: please don't just put solar on your roof, we're past those days, please either get an EV you can charge during the day or battery

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/22889601

In the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, Adam Bushell has saved about $10 a month in waste collection fees since his local council swapped flat fees for a “pay-as-you-throw” system four years ago. While recycling is collected free of charge, microchipped bins for general waste are weighed, and households receive a monthly statement listing how much they threw out and what they owe.

The new approach has changed the way Bushell thinks about household waste, not least when it comes to food.

“The pay-by-weight concept has made me very conscious of the amount of food that we waste and has really made me want to dispose of less,” says Bushell, who runs an electrical services company. “The personal financial cost definitely makes you think in a different way on what you discard. It makes it immediately, physically cost-effective to waste less.”

The system works thanks to several factors, first and foremost the clear financial incentive and rules, says Graham Matthews, head of content at U.K. commercial waste management company Business Waste. “Residents know and understand that the less trash they produce, the less they will pay. The system adheres to the principle of ‘polluter pays,’ meaning those who produce pollution should bear the costs of managing it.”

IN FULL: Professor Veena Sahajwalla's Address to the National Press Club of Australia

MICROfactorie technologies

Below is from the ecovoice article,

Prof. Sahajwalla said Australia must do more to ensure university research translates into real-world impact. She called for governments to lead by example in adopting Australian-made sustainable technologies, and to reward companies that invest in local R&D.

“By and large, our professional incentives are not geared towards the long-hours it takes to actually build the machine that can make a world-saving idea a reality,” Prof. Sahajwalla said.

“We’re judged within the academy on the prestige of the journals in which our research appears, the citations that research generates, and the amount of grant funding we can draw in.”

“We have to buy what we’re inventing, set ambitious targets for the use of Australian innovations, because unless we create value then our very clever inventions aren’t worth a thing. We need to make sure government departments are using Australian tech, and that we reward companies that invest in Australian R&D with preferential consideration in government tenders.”

Organic vineyard with hatted restaurant goes off-grid with solar and batteries

This Mudgee winery and its renowned restaurant have gone off grid – here’s how

The Queensland government celebrated the creation of new national parks this year, with Premier David Crisafulli saying it is time to “get serious” and be “ambitious” in protecting nature.

But this claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. Despite decades of conservation promises, Queensland remains a globally significant hotspot for destroying forests and native vegetation.

Fcuk voters! Vote Green.

A rewrite of Australia's environment laws will not include a "climate trigger" that could block coal and gas projects, the minister has confirmed.

What use a home with no livable planet.

What a wild experience that must be.