Commissioner presents 20 environmental recommendations for Victoria’s future

Publicly released: Wed 20 Mar 2019 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

The five-yearly Victorian State of the Environment (SoE) 2018 report was publicly released on 19 March 2019. The SoE report is an environmental report card on the health of Victoria’s environment every five years. The SoE 2018 report is also a Read more about Commissioner presents 20 environmental recommendations for Victoria’s future - Scimex

Victoria’s energy transition and the decarbonisation of Victoria by 2050

Publicly released: Wed 20 Mar 2019 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

The challenges of decarbonising Victoria’s $400 billion economy and transitioning to net zero emissions by 2050 as the population continues to grow towards 10 million, is one of the State’s biggest environmental challenges. The Victorian State Read more about Victoria’s energy transition and the decarbonisation of Victoria by 2050 - Scimex

Victoria leads the way in adopting the UN SDGs for environmental reporting

Publicly released: Wed 20 Mar 2019 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

The Victorian State of the Environment (SoE) 2018 Report is the first attempt in Australia to apply the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to state of environment reporting at the state level. “The State of Environment 2018 Report is the Read more about Victoria leads the way in adopting the UN SDGs for environmental reporting - Scimex

Commissioner targets key environmental challenges for Victoria over the coming decade

Publicly released: Wed 20 Mar 2019 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

The five-yearly Victorian State of the Environment (SoE) 2018 report was publicly released on 19 March 2019. As well as providing an analysis of a diverse range of 170 environmental indicators, the 2018 SoE report includes a Future Focus section Read more about Commissioner targets key environmental challenges for Victoria over the coming decade - Scimex

Opportunities for better management of Victoria’s iconic Yarra River and its Parklands

Publicly released: Wed 20 Mar 2019 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

A comprehensive report card on the health of the Yarra, Victoria’s most iconic river and its surrounding parklands has been released. The State of the Yarra and Its Parklands 2018 Report (SoY) provides a baseline on the environmental condition of Read more about Opportunities for better management of Victoria’s iconic Yarra River and its Parklands - Scimex

Victoria’s environmental report card: Air quality improving but challenges remain for biodiversity

Publicly released: Wed 20 Mar 2019 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

Victoria’s comprehensive report card of the health of Victoria’s natural environment. The Victorian State of the Environment (SoE) 2018 Report has been released. The report features 20 recommendations to the Victorian government from Read more about Victoria’s environmental report card: Air quality improving but challenges remain for biodiversity - Scimex

Women are more willing to forgo safe sex if there is relationship potential

Publicly released: Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 1501 AEDT | 1701 NZDT

The Journal of Sex Research

Young women are more willing to have unprotected sex when they view their partner as having more relationship potential, according to Canadian research. The study, which asked people aged 18 to 25 about condom use in a hypothetical scenario, found Read more about Women are more willing to forgo safe sex if there is relationship potential - Scimex

Study shows IPCC is underselling climate change

Publicly released: Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 1300 AEDT | 1500 NZDT

BioScience

A new study has revealed that the language used by the global climate change watchdog, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is overly conservative – and therefore the threats are much greater than the Panel’s reports suggest. Read more about Study shows IPCC is underselling climate change - Scimex

Can medicinal cannabis treat the tics in Tourette syndrome?

Publicly released: Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 1200 AEDT | 1400 NZDT

A pioneering clinical trial investigating medicinal cannabis as a potential treatment for people living with severe Tourette syndrome will be conducted by Wesley Medical Research, in Brisbane, with cannabis supply facilitated by Lambert Initiative Read more about Can medicinal cannabis treat the tics in Tourette syndrome? - Scimex

Even teetotallers suffer the consequences of alcohol use

Publicly released: Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 1200 AEDT | 1400 NZDT

BMC Medicine

Alcohol isn’t just bad for drinkers, but also for the people around them, say German researchers. Most research into alcohol-associated harms focuses on harm to the drinker, not to others. So, the authors estimated the harms caused to others by Read more about Even teetotallers suffer the consequences of alcohol use - Scimex