In its 518 page Economic Action Plan, the Canadian Government let by Prime Minister Stephen Harper did not mention climate change once. Canada is the world’s 9th largest emitter of Carbon Dioxide, and Opposition MPs have strongly criticised the omission. The Harper Government removed Canada...
Microsoft has announced the results of the first three years of internal carbon pricing and a related carbon investment fund, and they are impressive. The pricing commenced in July 2012 following Microsoft’s decision to adopt a carbon neutral strategy for its global data centres, offices,...
Vancouver, a city of 600,000 people on Canada’s west coast is the latest city to commit to running on 100% renewable energy for electricity, heating, cooling and transport. Deputy Mayor Andrea Reimer stated “there’s a compelling moral imperative but also a fantastic economic case to...
Professor Peter Doherty, an Australian Nobel laureate of medicine, has revealed that his peers at a sustainability symposium in Hong Kong have expressed their dislike of Australia’s stance on climate change in the lead up to Paris in December, telling him that Australia is “very...
In its Climate Policy AGL stated that it will close all existing coal-fired power plants by 2050 and include carbon pricing in each capital investment decision related to its electricity generation assets. It will continue to invest in new renewable or near-zero emission technologies, and...
China and the United States have questioned Australia’s climate change targets and Direct Action Policy in a long list of questions submitted to the United Nations. China also questioned why Australia appeared to be doing less that it demanded of other developed countries and how...
A report based on a collaboration between World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Australian National University (ANU) stated that Australia could source all of its power needs from renewables by 2050 without incurring massive costs if there were clear national policy settings to...
On April 23 2015, The Australian Clean Energy Regulator who is responsible for running the Emission Reduction Fund (ERF) auctions on behalf of the Federal Government, announced that they had contracted 43 organisations with 144 projects to deliver 47 million tons of carbon abatement for...
A coalition of 43 CEOs from companies with interests in over 150 countries and territories who generated total revenues in excess of $1.2 trillion in 2014 has written an open letter to world leaders urging them to reach an ambitious climate deal at the United...
According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Water Council (WWC), over consumption and the impact of climate change threaten food security and water supplies around the world. By 2050, the FAO estimates that food production will have to increase...
