Australia is trying to block a UN recommendation that countries should try to keep global heating to 1.5C to protect world heritage sites from the impacts of climate change.
More than 1,500 of Australia's unique ecosystems, both land and sea, are not represented in any of the nation's protected areas, according to new research.
Leading health professionals, including a Nobel laureate and a former Australian of the Year, say the government must put human health "front and centre" in a new generation of environment laws in the aftermath of the Covid-19 and bushfire crises.
