Politicians aren’t doing enough for climate change. Is it up to our business leaders? Current policies and climate targets will not be sufficient to avoid detrimental effects due to global… more
About Ian Dunlop
Posts by Ian Dunlop
Ian Dunlop | Four-degree rise demands ninety-degree rethink
SMH News Review, 22 September 2012 As climate change shifts into “a new and dangerous phase,” CPD Fellow Dunlop reveals alarming new climate change projections, and marvels at continued inaction by the political, business and… more
Ian Dunlop | Managing Catastrophic Risk
Australia prides itself, rightly, on its ability to respond to crises. During the Victorian bushfires, Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi, which were almost certainly intensified by climate change, Australia’s disaster recovery systems acquitted themselves well. … more
Ian Dunlop | Changing the “Official Future”
As the complexity of the issues facing business and government mounts, scenario planning has become an increasingly popular technique. It is rare to find a policy or economic report these days which does not claim… more
Ian Dunlop | Corporate Heads in the Sand: Global Warming, Risk & Governance
Global warming is about risk and uncertainty. Many factors probably contribute to it, including natural variability. However, it is beyond reasonable doubt that the world is warming and that human… more
It’s Time to Heed the Evidence on Climate Change – full paper
Ian Dunlop makes the case for science-based climate policy
It’s time to heed the evidence on climate change
Ian Dunlop tells us we need to heed the warnings of more recent climate science
The financial crisis – our great opportunity
Ian Dunlop exposes the wide-ranging problem underlying the financial crisis: environmentally unsustainable economic growth. Throughout the developed world, the financial crisis has prompted calls for the restoration of economic stability… more
Towards a realistic climate change policy
The Emissions Trading Task Group is a creature of another age – an age before we knew just how seriously our activities were jeapardising the climate. Former senior oil & coal industry executive Ian Dunlop… more