Grasping the nettle on climate change

Advice to the Minister that “the policy agenda on climate change has been driven recently more by ideology and target-setting rather than being informed by a rational assessment of what is possible and what is in Ireland's interest, given the costs and ...
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PM calls meeting to discuss carbon tax: report

... dinner with Prime Minister Julia Gillard tomorrow night to discuss the carbon tax as the government prepares for a public relations campaign to counter growing unease over the federal climate change policy, according to a report by The Australian. ...
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Post-Earthquake Climate Policy in Japan: Proposal on the Policy

The Time for Fundamental Policy. Reform is Now. Formulation of energy and climate policy following the recent earthquake disaster will have ...
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Move beyond carbon tax debate: expert

Professor Mike Hulme from the University of East Anglia was in Bendigo yesterday for the annual forum for the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research where he gave the keynote address on “Re-structuring climate policy: the Hartwell ...
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A Canadian Election Primer on the Climate Policy Expert Consensus

Our last post called for using the Canadian election campaign to begin a national conversation on climate policy. That may finally have begun on Thursday , ...
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Carbon Cap a Possibility in Canada's Election

The result of the national election could determine whether Canada dramatically changes its climate policy and moves ahead of the United States in enacting a cap-and-trade system. It also could change how much money the national government invests in ...
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UNE talks rural climate change solutions

More than 30 scientists will address delegates on issues relating to carbon offsets, climate policy in regional Australia, sustainable land management and soil carbon. Director of the National Centre for Rural Greenhouse Gas Research, Dr Annette Cowie, ...
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