The Climate Council has released the new report Be Prepared: Climate Change and the Australian Bushfire Threat. The top 6 facts from the report are: Climate change is already increasing the risk of bushfires. In southeast Australia the fire season …
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The international community has agreed to limit global warming to below two degrees Celsius. However climate scientists agree that current national emissions targets collectively will not achieve this goal. Instead, the gap between climate science and climate policy is likely …
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The Climate Change Performance Index Results 2014 includes a review of the national and international policies of 58 countries with respect to their efforts to avoid climate change. The selected countries are together responsible for more than 90% of global …
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The Parliament of Australia Parliamentary Library has produced a Timeline of Australian climate change policy. In introducing the timeline, the authors state that “Climate change is a long-term, global problem. Long-term problems generally require stable but flexible policy implementation over …
The role of media is to truthfully report issues to the public. If people are confused or ignorant about potential threats, they cannot be expected to support action to confront them. The Sceptical Climate Part 2: Climate Science in Australian …
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Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment Management: A User Guide provides step-by-step instructions for an assessment of the potential for climate change adaptation of natural resource management (NRM) actions. This assessment uses a Catchment Assessment Framework (CAF), a process-based tool …
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In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) identified natural ecosystems as being the most vulnerable sector in Australia to the negative impacts of climate change. The Terrestrial Report Card 2013 summarises knowledge on climate change impacts in Australian …
British Columbia’s pioneering carbon tax shift, passed in 2008, has been remarkably effective in reducing fuel use, with no apparent adverse impact on the province’s economy. These findings come from a new study by Sustainable Prosperity researchers to be published …
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The first comprehensive, nationwide plan to fix Australia’s buildings’ energy use and greenhouse impact has been launched. The Zero Carbon Australia Buildings Plan – a joint project of climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions and The University of Melbourne Energy …
The IEA training manual volume 2 analyses the results of recent research on climate change, its impact on cities and options for responding. This module aims to strengthen awareness on possible impacts of climate change, while providing decision makers with …
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