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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By Sophie Vorrath in RenewEconomy on 20 February 2013
Yesterday we reported that Westpac had committed $6 billion in funding for clean technology and environmental services lending, as part of its newly launched five-year, $8 billion 2017 sustainability strategy.
Since then, RenewEconomy emailed Emma Herd – Westpac’s executive director of emissions and environment – to ask what.
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On 19 February, 2013, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced it has exceeded its original Skills to Succeed goal of equipping 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business. As a result – and to increase its impact in communities worldwide – the company has set a.
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The Westpac Group has launched its 2017 sustainability strategy aimed at addressing the most pressing issues in society and the environment today.
Three areas specifically targeted include:
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- Demographic and cultural change
- Economic solutions for environmental challenges
- Identifying new avenues of wealth creation