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IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... processing. Energy efficiency can make enormous benefits for construction and property, virtually reducing all scope one emissions, but while you can reduce emissions from oil and gas, you can't eliminate the emissions in the production oil and gas. ...

City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Sydney. Environmental consultants WSP Group calculate that Central Park's two mega watt plant could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 190,000 tonnes over the 25 year design life of the plant, City of Sydney said. "Over the construction period, we progressively ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... to grow from around 30,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) at present to around 65,000 GWh in 2020-21, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 102 million tonnes over the same period," said Bernie Fraser, CCA chair in a statement at the time. CCA analysis ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... government's Clean Energy Future package. Meanwhile in the US, while states such as California have implemented carbon emissions trading systems, the federal government does not have a policy on pricing carbon. However, President Barack Obama has said ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Hall which will result in significant savings in lighting costs," Cr Wood said. The city has set a target of zero net emissions by 2020. "Global leading cities like City of Melbourne are responsible for an extraordinary range of economic activities and ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... systemic level, there should be a focus on transaction taxes, stewardship codes and pricing externalities such as carbon emissions. "The fact is, if we are going to contain global warming below two degrees, as many governments have committed to doing ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... start, said LCAL CEO Meg McDonald. "Street lighting is the single largest source of energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions from the local government sector and it typically accounts for 30 to 60% of emissions," McDonald said. "It's a significant issue ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... their projects faster. This leads to wins for both the businesses involved and the environment through the reduction of emissions." Wiley has already undertaken a variety of projects to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon intensity. Wiley recently ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia's carbon trading scheme as currently constructed, other markets are coming on line. California has launched an emissions trading scheme, Kazakhstan is starting a pilot emissions trading scheme and the various emissions trading schemes are being ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... or future climate changes risks to their global supply chains, but only 28% of suppliers report having a target for emissions reductions. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Supply Chain's fifth information request was sent to more than 6,000 suppliers ...