The environment is deteriorating faster than expected as climate change, habitat loss and pollution take their toll, according to a new report.
extinctions at an accelerating pace that is hurting industries, businesses and communities.
Indigenous heritage destruction “is occurring at an unacceptable rate against the wishes of traditional custodians,” the report says.The findings put significant pressure on both the federal Labor government and state and territory governments to find solutions.“Overall, the state and trend of the environment of Australia are poor and deteriorating as a result of increasing pressures from climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution and resource extraction,” the report says.
Four years in the making, the report spans 12 thematic chapters, including Antarctica, air quality, biodiversity, coasts, water, marine and urban. On energy, the report notes that fossil fuels accounted for 94 per cent of Australia’s primary energy mix in 2018-19. Electricity sector emissions accounted for 33.6 per cent of the total in 2020, making it the single largest contributor to emissions.
A spokesman for Ms Ley, the deputy opposition leader, said the former government dealt with the report in a manner that was “consistent with the statutory timeframe set out under the Act”, which requires a report to parliament every five years.
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