Government urged to share vision for a sustainable future
25 February, 2011Consult Australia has launched its new report, Seizing the Sustainability Advantage, that provides a blueprint for ambitious governance reform, including the integration of existing sustainability policies and programs currently fragmented across different areas of government, portfolios and agencies.
Carbon price framework announced
24 February, 2011The Gillard government has proposed that a carbon price mechanism will commence on 1 July 2012, subject to the ability to negotiate agreement with a majority in both houses of parliament and pass legislation this year.
Time for a grown-up carbon strategy
21 February, 2011Total Environment Centre has called on government to embrace energy efficiency along with a carbon price, in response to an analysis of federal government climate change programs, which was published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 16 February.
Carbon emissions will rise without new policy action
11 February, 2011Annual emissions projections released by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, demonstrate that Australia’s emissions will rise steeply without decisive and effective new policy action.
Micromeritics HPVA-100 high-pressure volumetric analyser
24 January, 2011 byParticle and Surface Sciences is the sole distributor throughout Australia and New Zealand for the Micromeritics HPVA-100 high-pressure volumetric analyser.
British Foreign Secretary calls for low carbon economic growth
20 January, 2011The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, emphasised that economies must meet the challenge of climate change by transforming to low carbon, during an event at the Sydney Opera House on 19 January.
Garnaut climate change review update
13 January, 2011Ross Garnaut, the economist leading the Climate Change Review Update for the Australian Government, will give a public lecture in Melbourne on Thursday 3 February 2011 to launch the first of eight papers to be released as part of the 2011 update - Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Action. The lecture will reflect on the two years of public discussion since the 2008 report, outline the approach to updating the review and provide Professor Garnaut’s framework for how Australians can best evaluate the costs and benefits of acting on climate change.
Swinburne supports non-profit to go greener
01 December, 2010Staff and students from Swinburne University’s Carbon Accounting course at the National Centre of Sustainability have donated their time and resources to create an Eco Report for Victoria’s largest food relief charity.
Sydney Water Cost of Carbon Abatement Tool
29 November, 2010 byAs the federal government moves closer to putting a price on carbon, Sydney Water, with assistance from its energy partners (Energetics and Worley Parsons), has developed a Cost of Carbon Abatement Tool (CCA Tool) to compare opportunities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the water industry.
Carbon farming framework released
22 November, 2010The federal government has released a framework for how farmers, foresters and landholders will be able to generate carbon credits under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI).
Study into emission reduction policies in key economies
22 November, 2010The Productivity Commission will undertake a study of emission and energy-reduction policies in key international economies to help inform the government’s plan to introduce a carbon price in Australia, the federal government has announced.
Global CO2 emissions may set a record this year
22 November, 2010Global carbon dioxide emissions contributing to atmospheric warming show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to the Global Carbon Project (GCP), supported by CSIRO’s Marine and Atmospheric Research Division.
Rising Aussie dollar bigger shock than carbon price
22 November, 2010Australia’s economy has felt a bigger impact from the recent surge of the Australian dollar than it would have from the introduction of a carbon price, according to a report released today.
NZ government says agriculture may not make ETS in 2015
18 November, 2010The New Zealand government's plan to include agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2015 may not go ahead if New Zealand's trading partners fail to introduce a carbon tax or ETS.
Climate change: cultural shift needed similar to smoking
28 October, 2010Despite scientific evidence of climate change, it will take a significant cultural shift in attitudes to address the situation, says a University of Michigan researcher.
