Robert Tromop, a New Zealander who heads the energy efficiency unit at the International Energy Agengcy (IEA) in Paris, says energy efficiency requires an upfront investment of around half a trillion dollars a year - which ironically equates roughly to the IEA’s estimate of annual subsidies paid to the global fossil fuel industry.
Tromop concludes.
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Monthly Archives: February 2013
A new collaborative network of health organisations has agreed to joint action to raise awareness of the adverse health effects of Australia’s current minerals and energy policy at a meeting in Canberra this week.
Hosted by five national health organisations, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA), National Rural Health Alliance.
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By Jane Andrew, University of Sydney and Corinne Cortese, University of Wollongong
Five years ago, we really didn’t have a clue what an organisation’s carbon impact might look like, and few firms had any sort of carbon-oriented business plan. Now, the trend is to fill this gap by producing carbon reports.
But within this story.
The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) has been going for about five years but the Federal Government hasn't extended its funding and so from June it's expected to be wound up.
There's been no commitment to extend it or help it continue co-ordinating those projects. And more than 100 researchers will be affected nationally.
The.
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Better Place, the battery swapping network for electric cars, is winding down its Australian and North American operations. However, commentators from the Fifth Estate say the reasons are not so bad.
Read Fifth Estate's perspective on the story (as at 12 February 2013) here.
Some speculate that the.
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Whether you are a LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) company or a LOHAS shopper, you need to understand the megatrend of Conscious Capitalism — because it represents the larger economic context in which the critical trend of sustainability continues to unfold.
Patricia Aburdene's article explains why. She co-authored the number one New York Times bestseller.
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Volunteers nationwide will take part in the annual Clean up Australia Day event on Sunday March 3, 2013.
And businesses can get in on the action too with a specially tailored program for business.
Details are available here: http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/about/resource-centre/media
Business Clean Up Day - Tuesday 26 February.
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Story by Graham Readfearn in The Guardian:
Australian coal and gas is being shipped and burned around Asia at record rates – but at what cost to the climate?
Australia just loves to share, regardless of whether or not the world might universally benefit from what it's got to give.
There's been Kylie Minogue, a certain beer that.
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The Carbon Market Institute, ClimateWorks Australia, Seed Advisory, Climate Mundial and Baker & McKenzie invite you to the launch of Carbon Decision Making and Risk Management: A Guide for Business.
The Guide is designed to cut a clear path through what can seem a daunting and confusing area of carbon pricing legislation. It provides businesses impacted.
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A new study published in Science is warning that permafrost is melting faster than we thought as the planet heats up and is set to almost double the quantities of greenhouse gases humans are already emitting. This feedback process is set to supercharge climate change and its impacts.
Nearly early a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere’s.
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