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Ex-UN climate chief says business should get ready for low-carbon world
Sat, 7/01/12 – 14:54 | Posted by GreenCollar

Former UN climate chief Ivo de Boer told The Guardian that businesses should be putting plans in place this year to prepare for a low-carbon economy, having been given a strong signal from the latest …

Report wants carbon assistance clarified
Wed, 4/01/12 – 15:05 | Posted by GreenCollar

Marcus Priest from the Australian Financial Review writes that the Productivity Commission has challenged the federal government to provide clearer guidelines on how it wants to compensate Australian companies disadvantaged under the carbon price scheme.
In …

GCS has moved!
Sun, 25/12/11 – 13:33 | Posted by GreenCollar

Merry Christmas and happy new year to GCS clients and friends!
Just a short note to wish everyone happy holidays and let you know that GCS has moved. Our new offices are listed under the Contact …

Durban outcomes round-up
Mon, 12/12/11 – 14:45 | Posted by GreenCollar

The two weeks of intensive climate change negotiations in Durban ended with agreement to draft a legally binding global agreement by 2015 and the adoption of decisions on a number of issues including financing, the Clean Development Mechanism scheme and …

Summit urged to clean up farming
Thu, 17/11/11 – 10:05 | Posted by Tim Strube

Natasha Gilbert writes in the weekly science journal Nature “Delegates meeting this month in Durban, South Africa, to assess international progress on tackling climate change need to look beyond smoke stacks and car exhausts to …

Making an ally of the land in the fight against climate change
Thu, 17/11/11 – 10:04 | Posted by Tim Strube

Mark Dreyfus writes in The Sydney Morning Herald “From rugged eucalypt forest to meandering wetlands, from open grasslands to tropical rainforest, our country has some stunning wilderness areas. The passing of the Clean Energy Future …

Science first, profits next
Mon, 14/11/11 – 8:26 | Posted by Tim Strube

Michael Bleby reports in The Australian Financial Review “A glance at the different booths said it all: Carbon Market Institute, Environmental Accounting Services, Greenlight Training, Impact EMS, AGL Energy Services. If Wednesday’s Senate vote gave …

Draft regulations to administer the National Registry of Emissions Units
Mon, 14/11/11 – 8:25 | Posted by Tim Strube

Brendan Bateman of Clayton Utz writes that “On 31 October 2011, the Commonwealth Government released draft regulations for consultation through the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Regulations Act 2011 to support the Australian National …

Carbon rorts ‘inevitable’
Mon, 14/11/11 – 8:25 | Posted by Tim Strube

Anthony Sibillin writes in The Australian Financial Review “Pink batt-style rorting of the Gillard government’s $500 million Carbon Farming Initiative is inevitable, according to a member of the committee responsible for its integrity.
Sibillin goes on …

Speculators profiting from carbon trade
Tue, 8/11/11 – 8:13 | Posted by Tim Strube

Claire Stewart reports in The Australian Financial Review  “The downward slide of Europe’s carbon price has been interpreted by some market watchers as evidence that emissions trading systems are of more use to arbitrage traders …