Esteemed climate economist Lord Nicholas Stern stressed the importance of deforestation in ameliorating the impacts of climate change while speaking at the National Press Club today.
He also said Australia could do a lot on climate change, that the world was at the start of “a new energy and industrial revolution,” and that a price on carbon was required to fix market failure.
In the past day, Stern has met with Climate Change Minister Penny Wong, Shadow Climate Minister Greg Hunt, former Coalition leader Malcolm Turnbull and executives of the Global CCS Institute, for which he serves as international advisor.
He also met with independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, whom he described as “very thoughtful, reflective and well-informed people thinking very seriously about the problems of the future.”
Soaring population growth, climate change and greater demands for food are placing increasing demands on Earth’s water resources, requiring an integrated approach for sustainable water management, according to a new World Bank report.
“We can’t properly …
Russia submitted for registration its first carbon emissions reduction project under a special United Nations procedure, a step the UNFCCC has said can signal “a substantial increase” of followers, Bloomberg reported.
The joint implementation (JI) project will …
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should adjust the way it communicates scientific uncertainty about climate change and reform its management structure, according to a report presented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC Chair …
Africa is turning into a major source of premium carbon projects, according to the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).
The world’s least developed region accounts for about 3 percent of the project pipeline under the Clean Development …
Australia’s new Green Party MP Adam Bandt joined with independents – Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott – in a call for action on climate change.
Speaking at the Press Club on Wednesday, Bandt reiterated the Green …
Climate change is increasingly being blamed for weather disasters leading to disease, hunger and homelessness. This is a short summary of recent disasters and other unfortunate developments blamed on climate change.
In Latin America, diseases like …
The first carbon credits in Tokyo’s new cap-and-trade scheme traded hands on Monday at a price of US$142 per tonne, well above market rates for carbon elsewhere, PointCarbon News reported.
Carbon credits traded were generated from an …
Independents now have the power to influence Australia’s climate change policy for years to come. Here is a review of their positions, as extracted from public statements during the past two years and debates around …
During the election campaign, the Federal government announced some revamped climate change policy. The one that stole most headlines was Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement that if re-elected, her government would establish a “citizen’s assembly” …
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has joined a high-level United Nations panel on global sustainability.
The former prime minister has been appointed a decision announced by UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in New York overnight.
Rudd will not …
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