Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, February 2025. See how our department is structured. This includes our divisions, agencies and statutory office holders.

Australian Government submissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. Our department publishes a series of comprehensive reports and databases that ...

Sonar is an acronym for Sound Navigation and Ranging. There are two broad types of sonar in use: The potential for sonar to impact on the marine environment is a function of the output power, the ...

Australia is protecting and conserving this World Heritage Area.

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We need to focus our efforts if we are to bring our threatened animals and plants back from the brink. The Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy identifies tackling feral cats as its top ...

Sulfuric acid is the world's largest volume industrial chemical. The main use is in the production of phosphate fertilizers. It is used to manufacture explosives, other acids, dyes, glue, wood ...

Australia’s climate has changed. Air and sea temperatures have warmed by around one degree Celsius in the last 100 years, heat waves and fire weather have increased and rainfall patterns have changed.

'Criteria air pollutants' is a term used internationally to describe air pollutants that have been regulated and are used as indicators of air quality. The regulations or standards are based on ...

This content may have been superseded, or served a particular purpose at a particular time. It may contain references to activities or policies that have no current application. Many archived ...

The Recovery Plan for the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus was prepared by the Australian Government and has been jointly made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity ...

You are required to notify us if you undertake an activity in or beyond the Australian Whale Sanctuary that results in harm to cetaceans. This includes unintentional: death, injury or harassment ...