A new edition of WWF’s Green game-changers highlights examples of innovation for sustainability in big business. In the previous Green game-changers report (November 2011) the WWF published a collection of case studies of small-scale sustainability innovators contributing to a greener global economy. This latest report investigates how ‘large corporates’ (those with revenues of over US.

Excerpt from Giles Parkinson's column in Reneweconomy: The International Energy Agency has just launched its ACTION program to progress renewable energy. In doing so, the IEA has said that the perception that renewable energy is more expensive than fossil fuels is wrong, as.

This is not a good time to be a climate change denier. After a record-breaking year of dangerous weather in 2012—following a destructive year in 2011—scientific reports are rolling out this month showing extreme weather in the U.S. is on the rise, threatening Americans today with bone-bleaching drought, fueling more devastating floods and violent storms,.

Ian Lowe writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that for decades now, the insurance industry has recognised the reality of climate change and its costs. As Australia recovers from the events of last week, we face a future of increasing average temperatures and more severe extreme events: heatwaves, bushfires, cyclones, floods. It is getting harder to.

By Maria Taylor, Australian National University

Scientists have warned about the “greenhouse effect” for years. Now it is no longer a scientific nightmare; it has arrived.

Lines from Al Gore’s famous movie? No.

The Sydney Morning Herald published these words in mid-1988. The article detailed record-breaking heat and drought in North America and elsewhere, linking these weather.

The World Future Energy Summit (WFES) is the world’s foremost annual event, dedicated to advancing future energy, energy efficiency and clean technologies. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, WFES includes a world class summit,.

15 January 2013 is the official launch of the READy book: ‘Renewable Energy Action on Deployment’, published by Elsevier and under the banner of the International Energy Agency's Renewable Energy Technology Deployment group. The theme of the event will be ‘Are you READy for ACTION?’ – About the need to take action now & the.

Figures from the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics suggest investors are growing increasingly confident in the outlook for renewable energy, with the number of projects completed in the year to October 2012 dwarfing activity in the year previous, according to The Australian Financial Review. Read more in Read more