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In 1996, the first independent national report on the state of Australias environment found that we faced serious problems. With increasing urgency, five subsequent reports declared those problems were all getting worse, each calling for immediate action to protect our future. The 2021 report determined that, Overall, the state and trend of the environment of Australia are poor and deteriorating as a result of increasing pressures from climate...

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First published 1990, this volume consists of an introductory essay by Ian Lowe and a comprehensive catalogue of all Wilfred Fairclough's prints, some 140, from 1932 to the present (1990).

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This volume brings together contributions from prominent philosophers, political scientists and other scholars on the challenges that globalization poses to traditional environmental values. In a world where the role of nation states is diminishing, the authors investigate how environmental values could be reconceived and what kind of governance institutions could realize them. They make a strong argument for pluralism and governance institu...

A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the controversial debate about Australia's population numbers, this book clarifies the subject and addresses the many misconceptions. It provides a historic account of Australia's population growth and a study of official data while examining the components of that growth in detail, including birth rates and immigration as well as the more recent trend of an aging population. In addition, this thorough ...

Bringing to light serious world environment issues, this thought-provoking and informative collection of essays and opinion pieces illustrates the topics--from politics and economics to culture and health--that have engaged the Australian community and will continue to do so into its uncertain future. While a sobering reminder of how little progress has been made, this is also an environmental and community wake-up call--through logic rather t...

Investigates the challenges that globalization poses to traditional environmental values in general as well as in politics and international governance. This book examines the development of Western and Eastern environmental values. It also discusses contemporary environmental politics.

Can we reinvent the Lucky Country? Fifty years ago author Donald Horne described Australia as "a lucky country run by second-rate people”, adding that its leaders were mostly unaware of events that surround them. In this polemic work, Ian Lowe assesses the current state of Australia and whether it can retain its status of the Lucky Country.

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The signs of global warming have become even clearer and more worrying to the international community, as demonstrated by the Kyoto Protocol. This book tells us how global warming is affecting Australia.