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NEWS 9 AUG 2019
Experts comment on latest IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes, along with leading climate experts including ARC Centre for Climate System Science’s Professor Steven Sherwood; CSIRO…
NEWS 11 FEB 2019
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019. Our Office joined the EPA Victoria and some of Victoria's leading female scientists for a livestreamed event…
NEWS 4 FEB 2019
Holistic Marine Spatial Planning for Victoria’s Marine Waters
Members of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability attend Victoria’s first Marine Spatial Planning Summit on 1 February 2019 organised by DELWP. By Senior Science Writer…
NEWS 18 SEP 2018
OCES at the Royal Society of Victoria’s Future Thinking Forum
The forum was held in conjunction with Emergency Management Victoria, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, the Bureau of Meteorology Science into Action and Scientell…
NEWS 6 SEP 2018
Transforming Australia: SDG Progress Report
The team from the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Victoria attended the Committee for Economic Development Australia launch event ‘Transforming Australia:…
NEWS 3 SEP 2018
Data democracy video update- the Commissioner and experts discuss the key concepts of data democracy
The final cut of Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) #DataDemocracy series has been released. Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes …
STORY 2 JUL 2018
The particulars of plastic
All plastic breaks down into microplastics; every bit of plastic that is manufactured has the potential to end up in our environment. At the moment we know there’s a huge amount of plastic in the…
STORY 2 JUL 2018
Making Victoria’s parks more accessible
Standard wheelchairs can’t cope with rugged terrain, which means many parts of Victoria’s parks have been out of bounds to people with limited mobility. Now people visiting many of our parks can book…
STORY 2 JUL 2018
Preserving Victoria's River Red Gum parks
Not just any old tree There are few Australian landscapes more iconic than the River Red Gum forests that line Victoria’s Murray, Ovens and Goulburn rivers. Loved by locals and visitors alike, these…
NEWS 6 FEB 2018
Game-changing environmental monitoring reforms are underway
Access to information on the state of the environment through digital platforms will be a powerful enabler of citizen participation and development of local solutions over the next decade in…