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Students, researchers and community members alike are expecting higher education leadership to raise their ambition around climate action and demonstrate how their education, research and campus operations are setting a positive example of climate leadership in their communities and beyond. On Tuesday the 11

During Earth Day on April 22nd 2022, over 500 youth delegates came together and talked with climate changemakers from across the world to explore what more can and should be done by universities to reduce emissions, protect our vulnerable communities and regenerate fragile natural ecosystems.

UNSW Sydney ranked 55th in the world out of 1406 institutions in the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, up from 96th in 2021. The University secured 10 top 100 and eight top 50 places.

The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released overnight, was delivered with a bleak warning: limiting temperature rises to 1.5°C is beyond reach without significantly reducing emissions immediately.

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People and ecosystems in Australia, New Zealand and over 25,000 islands in the Pacific face an existential threat from the impacts of climate change.

On behalf of ICLEI Oceania, Cities Power Partnership, Climate Emergency Australia, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, Better Futures Australia, ClimateWorks Centre and Melbourne Centre for Cities, representing 204 Australian councils covering 76% of the population(1), by the United Nations Climate Conference COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh, local governments call on the Australian Federal Government to:

We live in a world whose temperatures have already risen by 1.1-1.2°C above pre-industrial levels. We still have a chance of salvaging our future if we manage to prevent temperatures from rising above 1.5°C

La Niña is an important cause of rainfall variability over Australia and some climate models are indicating that La Niña may continue for a third year through spring and summer 2022-23, increasing the chances of more rain and flooding.