A Canberra Times article today says that Australia could meet almost half of its 5 per cent greenhouse reduction target by ending logging of native forests, according to a new economic study. It cites a report by climate …
A Reuters story that appeared in The West Australian says: “In July 2010, US investor Todd Lemons and Russian energy giant Gazprom believed they were just weeks from winning final approval for a landmark forest …
German news service Deutsche Welle reports a Greenpeace claim that 1.8 million hectares of Indonesian forest is disappearing each year. China and India have launched successful reforestation initiatives in the past 20 years – might Indonesia follow …
Anthony Sibillin writes in the Australian Financial Review that “sharp swings in the European Union carbon price in response to global market turmoil have cast doubts on the government’s claim that its carbon scheme will …
An article in the Australian Financial Review says that business supporters of a carbon tax in Australia have called for rapid implementation of the proposed carbon price to provide investment certainty in the face of …
A PointCarbon News article today says that the World Bank plans to launch a new bio carbon funding mechanism as well as an initiative to funnel Clean Development Mechanism funds to some of the world’s poorest countries. The …
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that “the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus, has rejected calls from the Nationals’ Fiona Nash for impact statements on public food security to be made …
Marcus Priest from the The Australian Financial Review (AFR) and Sid Maher from The Australian cite new research by environment think-tank ClimateWorks that suggests Australia will cut greenhouse gas emissions more than initially targeted under …
David Crowe reports in the Australian Financial Review: “Companies and investors are being urged to shun the emerging market for carbon permits by the Liberal Party, which has warned they could become worthless if it …
Marcus Priest writes in the The Australian Financial Review today that “a price on carbon will not drive significant investment in renewable energy until 2027 and is unlikely to affect regional economies such as the Latrobe …