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UN launches initiative to cut building emissions
Thu, 4/08/11 – 7:07 | Posted by GreenCollar

The UN Environment Programme’s standard for monitoring commercial and residential energy use and emissions might become a global standard.
UNEP estimates that office buildings and homes account for more than 30 per cent of global energy consumption. Emissions from …

Asia-Pacific carbon trade on the agenda
Wed, 3/08/11 – 8:28 | Posted by Tim Strube

Marcus Priest reports in The Australian Financial Review that “the federal government is investigating options to set up an Asia-Pacific carbon-trading scheme ahead of the likely failure to achieve a global climate deal later this …

Missing the forest for the trees in Tasmania
Wed, 3/08/11 – 8:27 | Posted by Tim Strube

Dr Attilio Pigneri, technical director at GreenCollar Climate Solutions, writes in the ClimateSpectator “There is little argument from either side of the Tasmanian forestry debate that the state’s forests represent its most valuable assets. The …

Grazing and farming land taken over to offset carbon
Tue, 2/08/11 – 8:17 | Posted by Tim Strube

Paddy Manning writes in the Sydney Morning Herald today that “Farmers fear a new rush of environmental plantings for biodiversity and carbon offsets will accelerate the loss of land for food production. In an emerging …

Norway asks Indonesia to set up independent bodies to oversee deforestation
Tue, 2/08/11 – 6:18 | Posted by GreenCollar

Norway – a large bilateral aid donor to Indonesia on addressing deforestation – has asked that the country set up two independent bodies to govern forestry protection efforts.
Norway is providing billions of aid dollars to …

Possible changes to New Zealand trading scheme
Mon, 1/08/11 – 11:45 | Posted by GreenCollar

New Zealand will release a review on its emissions trading scheme later this month which may cause for some changes in the program, Climate Change Minister Nick Smith told the Climate Change and Business conference in Wellington.
 
He said …

Logging giant sees profit in carbon credits
Mon, 1/08/11 – 8:31 | Posted by Tim Strube

Marcus Priest writes in The Australian Financial Review that “One of the world’s largest logging companies and an Australian green entrepreneur are looking to cash in on the federal government’s emissions scheme by selling carbon …

PM’s loophole to stymie Abbott
Fri, 29/07/11 – 8:14 | Posted by Tim Strube

Sid Maher writes in The Australian: “Julia Gillard has moved to cement in law her climate change plan, including a default emissions reduction target of 12 million tonnes a year after 2016, forcing Tony Abbott …

RM Williams creates carbon farm
Wed, 27/07/11 – 8:14 | Posted by Tim Strube

Tom Arup writes in the Sydney Morning Herald today that iconic Australian clothing company R.M. Williams has bought a sprawling property near Alice Springs with an eye to generating some of the first carbon offset …

Carbon farming may hurt land access
Tue, 26/07/11 – 8:09 | Posted by Tim Strube

Tony Denholder and Geoff Gishubl, resources and infrastructure partners at Blake Dawson, write in the Australian Financial Review: “In the political fire storm surrounding the release of the carbon tax scheme, another aspect of the Government’s …