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Sustainability

Israel to prepare climate change readiness plans; Australia made ‘significant mistakes’ in COVID response, review finds: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Israeli government departments to prepare climate change readiness plans All government departments in Israel […]

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US federal government tasked with delivering Biden’s landmark infrastructure law ‘on time, on task and on budget’

The US federal government “must take a leadership role” in delivering the Biden administration’s landmark US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package “on time, on task and on budget”, according to a new […]
President Joe Biden stands in front of a blue sign at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021.

US government agencies to roll out climate change training for officials to help meet targets

The White House has issued instructions to agencies on how to achieve the federal government’s climate change goals, including through the development of sustainability-focused training programmes for departmental staff. The […]

Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout flawed, audit finds

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine by Australia’s health department was “partly effective” but planning was slow and incomplete in the early stages, delivery to priority groups was flawed and […]
Close-up of US vice president Kamala Harris smiling.

Biden says government is working again as US Senate passes milestone climate change bill

Senators in the US voted through the night on Sunday to push through president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – a major piece of legislation that allocates US$454bn to tackle […]

UK’s net zero strategy ruled ‘unlawful’ by high court

The UK high court has ruled that the government’s net zero strategy does not sufficiently detail how it will meet its emissions targets and that as such it has contravened […]

Australian Public Service Commission updates remote working guidance amid COVID case spike

Federal agencies in Australia have been given greater flexibility to allow public servants to work from home in response to a rise in COVID-19 cases across the country. The Australian […]
Men, one holding an umbrella, stand on steps surveying the damage caused by flooding after heavy rainfall in Australia

Australian Treasury to model climate change effects on economy

The federal Treasury is to model the economic impacts of climate change on Australia for the first time in nearly a decade. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has directed the department to […]

Australia’s new government cements more ambitious climate change targets

Australia has formally pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 as the prime minister Anthony Albanese said the country planned to “urgently step […]
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Achieving zero: how are governments to reach climate neutrality in an age of permanent crisis?

National governments are grappling to understand how net zero can be achieved, and world events are making that task harder still. During a GGF webinar, experts discussed some of the […]