Time to prepare for the One Degree War
Paul Gilding, climate activist and writer revisits a paper he co-wrote with Jorgen Randers, shouting out above the drone of the day to day political negotiations that what we are facing is nothing short...
Act now, or the planet pays later.
CPD Fellow, Ben Eltham asks, can the world really face up to the full challenge of climate change? Right now, he writes, you’d have to say no.
Just Transition not yet a priority at Copenhagen
Peter Colley, national research director at the CFMEU, a union whose members will be at the frontline of any transition to a carbon-neutral economy, was in Copenhagen as part of a four person CFMEU...
Hope shifts to a treaty in 2010
Rupert Posner from the Climate Group looks beyond the disappointments and debacles of a global conference to see the glass half full.
Cooperation, Community and Climate Change | OCCASIONAL PAPER
Robert Salter argues that better relationships are the key to successful action on climate change.
Flat tax champions dodge the hard issues
Ben Spies-Butcher questions claims that the Liberals’ flat tax proposals are either simpler or fairer.
Inclusion in Mark Diesendorf’s new book
Regina Betz and Iain MacGill’s case against carbon compensation is featured in Mark Diesendorf’s new book Climate Action. They make the case that good governance in a national Emissions Trading Scheme requires 100% auctioning.