Australia’s environment does not have sufficient legal protection from climate change, as outlined in a new report from the Climate Council Australia.

Federal laws made in 1999 to better protect the environment are failing.

These shortcomings have prompted a volunteer environment group to mount a legal challenge against federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek “To protect our living wonders from coal and gas”.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 should be designed to keep our living wonders safe from harm.

Protecting our living wonders means fixing Australia’s environment law.

We need a national environment law that genuinely protects our environment by stopping highly polluting projects and enabling ones that can help us rapidly switch to a clean economy instead. Every fraction of a degree of avoided warming matters for preserving our environment.