Articles tagged: sustainable economy

Paul Gilding, climate activist and writer revisits a paper he co-wrote with Jorgen Randers, shouting out above the drone of the day to day political negotiations that what we are facing is nothing short of a global emergency. He contends it’s not too late (yet!) – if we have the political will to mobilise resources and human ingenuity – to keep temperatures below a 1oC rise by reducing CO2 concentrations below 350ppm. more

CPD Fellow, Ben Eltham asks, can the world really face up to the full challenge of climate change? Right now, he writes, you’d have to say no. more

Peter Colley, national research director at the CFMEU, a union whose members will be at the frontline of any transition to a carbon-neutral economy, was in Copenhagen as part of a four person CFMEU delegation, and as one of about 316 union representatives. more

Rupert Posner from the Climate Group looks beyond the disappointments and debacles of a global conference to see the glass half full. more