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Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Limited, and head, Climate Market Investment Association for Australia, NZ, Singapore, Indonesia. "Some of the government policy - such as the clean energy package mentioned in the white paper - you have the renewable energy policy, you have [the Australian ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... in government and business are hampering the adaptation process. On the government side, the report said that government policy is fragmented, lacking a national approach to managing climate risk to major infrastructure, with policy implementation left ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... change." The report points to three main areas of climate change risks - technology impacts, physical impacts and law and policy development, and these risks require consideration of not just volatility, but future carbon regulation scenarios, new potential ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... contributed to creation of an incentive shopping culture.... You could say that the market has been distorted by this influx of policy and then a lot of change in policy which has created a whole lot of uncertainty. The carbon price journey is only one ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainable use of our natural capital." Government is beginning to consider and use discussions of natural capital in policy, such as the controversial Murray-Darling Basin Plan. "One of the key advantages of and drivers behinds this notion of natural ...

Clean Energy Council: keep Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... source 20% of Australia's energy from renewable sources by 2020. "The Renewable Energy Target is the single most important policy measure for the entire Australian renewables sector," said David Green, CEC chief executive in a statement. "Since its introduction ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... more established EU ETS will give more clarity to investors on the longer term direction of carbon pricing without the policy design uncertainties that can be created by questions over the duration of a price floor," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC CEO. "The ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... given our determination that ASX should remain a leading market on which to list and raise capital. Her expertise in public policy debates will be beneficial for the company as it navigates through a period of major change in financial market structure ...

The UpSide Interview: Geoff Sinclair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... global agreement negotiations to dealing with risk in a climate change constrained world." Kimmorley, who formerly worked as policy offer- emission reductions at the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, is currently studying Environmental ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... board of directors. "Robert Hill and Heather Ridout are well known and widely respected for their contribution to public policy in the areas of the environment, industry and economics," said John Thwaites, ClimateWorks Australia' chairman. "Their skills ...