Climate Commission

Abolished by the newly elected LNP government led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott in September 2013,[1] it was relaunched as an independent non-profit organisation called the Climate Council.

The Commission released a number of reports on climate change science, health impacts, international action and renewable energy, as well as holding public events around Australia.

The Critical Decade,[3] the commission's first report, summarised the current state of climate science, the likely impacts and the urgency for action.

[4] The Climate Commission was abolished in September 2013 by the newly elected Abbott Liberal government, as a stated streamlining and cost-cutting measure.

[1][5] Less than a week later the commission was relaunched as an independent non-profit organisation called the Climate Council, which was to be fully funded by public donations.