Earth to Australian Governments…..why are you still not listening?
According to the World Bank’s top climate change official Rachel Kyte, the momentum behind countries and businesses moving to price greenhouse gas emissions can no longer be ignored. Nearly 40 countries and 20 regions currently mandate a price on carbon dioxide and the associated measures...
All rooftops in France must have solar panels or plants
According to a Law passed in March 2015, France, all new buildings in commercial zones must be partially covered with plants or solar panels. Green roofs reduce the amount of energy required to heat and cool a building, and solar panels provide the building with...
Free solar panels thanks to California’s cap and trade system
As part of a new program in California, solar power will be made available to low income families using money from their cap and trade system, which forces factories, power plants, oil refineries and other large businesses to buy credits for every tonne of carbon...
Want top dollar for your carbon emissions? Australia is your place
If you are a company looking for the absolute best price you can get for your carbon emissions reductions, then following an announcement on Tuesday May 27 2015 you need look no further than Australia. In evidence presented to Senate Estimates, the Clean Energy Regulator...
Goldman Sachs to establish a $1 billion renewable energy bond
Goldman Sachs is planning to establish a bond facility which will target $1 billion in renewable energy investments in Japan. This latest initiative is part of their 2012 plan to channel $40 billion into renewable energy projects over the next decade.The Japan Renewable Project Bond...
The Maldives to be the world’s first Atlantis thanks to climate change
According to Evan Puschak of the Seeker Network, the Maldives could be the first location to be completely submerged. On average, it is approximately 1.5 metres above sea level and if sea level rise continues as projected, nearly 80% of the Maldives will be under...
Japan pledges $AUD580 million in climate change aid to Pacific islands
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged Y55 billion ($AUD580 million) in climate change and disaster aid to Pacific Island nations battling sea level rise and natural disasters due to global warming at a two day meeting in Iwaki in northern Japan.The aid will be...