Pavan Sukhdev, an economist and head of the UN Green Economy Initiative, was in Australia as a guest of the Centre for Policy Development in August 2010 to give three public lectures in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Pavan is an expert on the natural capital that gets left off government and corporate balance sheets. The cost of the global financial … more
Articles tagged: Environment
Common Ground: climate change
The Centre for Policy Development brings you a Common Ground discussion on climate change with the topic ‘Australia should lead, not follow’. Join keynote speakers Bob Carr (former Premier, NSW), <Pru Goward (NSW Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Environment) followed by a panel of Fiona Wain (Environment Business Australia), Steve Hatfield-Dodds (former CSIRO, now Department of Climate Change) and Imam Afroz Ali (from the ‘Australian Religious Response to Climate Change’ initiative) at Customs House, Sydney on Wednesday 26 November 2008, 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
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Time for a Coherent Forest Policy – Finally
What can the Commonwealth do to protect Australia’s forests, asks Judith Ajani: Australia is sitting pretty with plantations making possible native forest protection for immediate and significant reductions in our net greenhouse gas emissions. Calls for native forest protection in Australia started with the lobbying of the Argus and Australasian newspapers as the mid 1860s drought deepened. A century later a second wave of concerned citizens added plants and animals to the list as state governments approved clear-felling public native forests for export woodchips. Half a century after that, the earth’s atmosphere has joined the list. more
5 ideas in 5 minutes
In this month’s 5 ideas in 5 minutes, Daniel Frank looks at innovative thinking to combat climate change: the Electric Car │Freecycle │Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa │Decentralised Energy │ the Shadow Price of Carbon. more
Energy Security: The Real Story on Fossil Fuels
Ian Dunlop, CPD fellow, well-known peak oil commentator and former fossil fuel scientist will speak at the second session of the Engery Securities series at Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Sydney on June 19, 2008. more
Can the Rudd government be climate cleverer?
Mark Connelly suggests an alternative to the ‘Climate Clever’ campaign which might actually succeed in changing individual behaviour. more
Energy efficiency: the smart way to cool the climate
Jane Castle argues that changes to the way Australia’s energy market works will make it easier to green our economy. more
Global warming and the case for a coal tax
Australia can outpace the Kyoto process without having to go it alone, writes John Perkins. more
Crisis without collapse
How can we transform the risk of breakdown into an opportunity for renewal? Thomas Homer-Dixon explores the possibilities for positive change in this extract from ‘The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization’. more