MEDIA RELEASE 5 AUGUST 2020 LOTTERYWEST GRANT HELPS WA NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATION TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE HEAD ON Carbon Neutral Charitable Fund (CNCF), a WA not for profit organisation whose mission is to restore our unique, biodiverse natural habitat through planting trees, has now solidified their place as a major player in helping …
We like the rest of rest of the nation and international community are devastated to see the destruction caused by the bushfires that are occurring this summer. Our thoughts and support go out to the communities affected. It has been amazing to see the appeals being made on behalf of Australia in the wake of the bushfires …
(Image via Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website – www.dfat.gov.au [CC BY 3.0 au], via Wikimedia Commons) Ex PM Abbott’s statements on climate change are not worthy of rebuttal. They are not the beliefs of a true climate change denier but those of a spiteful deposed PM seeking to destabilise Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership. Abbott is …
(Photo by Global Landscapes Forum) Climate change grabbed the headlines recently with President Trump’s announcement the US will withdraw from Paris Agreement commitments. And here in Australia, ex-PM Abbott is making news by pushing for our Paris commitment target to be more “aspirational”. Rather than being a disaster for climate change action, such negative politicising …
(Photo by Sarah-Rose) Australia has experienced a wild beginning to 2017, to say the least. WA has seen record-setting rainfalls while the eastern states have suffered through devastating heatwaves. New research is now recognising the relationship that trees and forests have with the climate. The paper, titled “Trees, Forests and Water: Cool Insights For a …
Establishment of 286 species of trees, shrubs and plants across 100 hectares. That could well be a world first for a carbon farming project. Carbon Neutral Charitable Fund (CNCF) was delighted to show off our ‘Yarraweyah Falls’ planting project to 130 people at a Bush Heritage organised field day on 29 September. Together …
Image by Michael Vadon (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons The world is waiting to see what Donald Trump will do when President. He regards climate change as a “hoax” and has threatened to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. Would that means other countries like Russia also pull out? Coming …
Climate change has not featured in the election campaign. This is surprising. Given growing concerns with climate change in the community, strong climate change policy could be a vote winner. Commitments made under the Paris Agreement means international climate policy and carbon markets are developing fast and Australia could be left behind. Many countries are …
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015 was a game changer for global climate effort. Setting frameworks and obligations toward global emission reduction was obviously the important outcome. 197 nations agreed on the ambitious goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions to maintain a temperature rise “well below” 2ºC above pre-industrial levels. …
An innovative approach to reducing the carbon footprint of shipping IT products around Australia and to New Zealand has resulted in the planting of more than 120,000 trees on degraded farmland in the WA wheat belt. Distribution Central, a leading provider of specialised distribution and channel support, has been working with the WA based …
