Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, April 2025. See how our department is structured. This includes our divisions, agencies and statutory office holders.

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The quality of our fuel has a direct impact on the quality of air we breathe and the amount of greenhouse gas in our environment. Improving Australia’s fuels standards will enable: ...

Sonar is an acronym for Sound Navigation and Ranging. There are two broad types of sonar in use: The potential for sonar to impact on the marine environment is a function of the output power, the ...

Sulfuric acid is the world's largest volume industrial chemical. The main use is in the production of phosphate fertilizers. It is used to manufacture explosives, other acids, dyes, glue, wood ...

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We need to focus our efforts if we are to bring our threatened animals and plants back from the brink. The Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy identifies tackling feral cats as its top ...

Australian Government submissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. Our department publishes a series of comprehensive reports and databases that ...

The southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius johnsonii is a large flightless bird found in north Queensland rainforests and associated vegetation mosaics. The southern cassowary is listed as 'Endangered ...

'Criteria air pollutants' is a term used internationally to describe air pollutants that have been regulated and are used as indicators of air quality. The regulations or standards are based on ...

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention) was signed in Ramsar, Iran on 2 February 1971. The Ramsar Convention aims to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to ...

Understanding and documenting ecological character is central to maintaining and protecting the values of internationally and nationally important wetlands. As part of the Ramsar Convention, ...