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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
TRAFFIC Recommendations for CoP15 available
http://www.traffic.org/home/2010/1/20/traffic-recommendations-for-cop15-available.html
TRAFFIC’s recommendations on the proposals to amend the Appendices of CITES (the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) have been released today.
Source: TRAFFIC - wildlife trade news
TRAFFIC’s recommendations on the proposals to amend the Appendices of CITES (the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) have been released today.
Source: TRAFFIC - wildlife trade news
Australia ignores threatened sharks in the name of sport
http://www.traffic.org/home/2010/1/29/australia-ignores-threatened-sharks-in-the-name-of-sport.html
Australian Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has decided to change the law so Australia can avoid its international obligations and allow threatened sharks to be caught in Australian waters, WWF-Australia and TRAFFIC warned today.
Source: TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade News
Australian Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has decided to change the law so Australia can avoid its international obligations and allow threatened sharks to be caught in Australian waters, WWF-Australia and TRAFFIC warned today.
Source: TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade News
Biofuel footprint 'can be small': expert
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/01/27/2801764.htm
Biofuels can replace a significant amount of our reliance on fossil fuels without eating into too much valuable farming land, says an Australian expert.
Source: ABC News in Science
Biofuels can replace a significant amount of our reliance on fossil fuels without eating into too much valuable farming land, says an Australian expert.
Source: ABC News in Science
Dealing with the Senate’s climate impasse
http://inside.org.au/dealing-with-the-senates-climate-impasse/
The Greens and government should at least be able to agree that some carbon price is better than none, writes Richard Denniss
Source: Inside Story
The Greens and government should at least be able to agree that some carbon price is better than none, writes Richard Denniss
Source: Inside Story
Approaches to research priorities for policy: A comparative study
http://www.apo.org.au/research/approaches-research-priorities-policy-comparative-study
This paper uses two contrasting case studies of Scotland and Australia to consider the extent to which it is feasible to align academic research investment with medium-term priority-setting.
Source: Australian Policy Online
This paper uses two contrasting case studies of Scotland and Australia to consider the extent to which it is feasible to align academic research investment with medium-term priority-setting.
Source: Australian Policy Online
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The Costs of Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
http://www.docuticker.com/?p=29949
Reducing emissions, through a cap-and-trade program or regulations for example, would impose a burden on the economy by lessening the use of fossil fuels and altering patterns of land use. Today CBO released a brief discussing the economic costs of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States, describing the main determinants of costs, how analysts estimate those costs, and the magnitude of estimated costs. The brief also illustrates the uncertainty surrounding such estimates using studies of a recent legislative proposal, H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.
Source: Docuticker
Reducing emissions, through a cap-and-trade program or regulations for example, would impose a burden on the economy by lessening the use of fossil fuels and altering patterns of land use. Today CBO released a brief discussing the economic costs of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States, describing the main determinants of costs, how analysts estimate those costs, and the magnitude of estimated costs. The brief also illustrates the uncertainty surrounding such estimates using studies of a recent legislative proposal, H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.
Source: Docuticker
Australian cultural funding, by artform category
http://www.apo.org.au/research/australian-cultural-funding-artform-category
This analysis of arts funding by artform category shows that the big dollars go to the public sector cultural organisations: parks and wildlife departments, public broadcasters, libraries, museums and art galleries. The entire Australia Council budget is only $175 million out of this total figure of more than $5 billion – more than half of which goes to 29 major performing arts organisations. We can infer that relatively little funding goes to ordinary working artists.
Source: Australian Policy Online
This analysis of arts funding by artform category shows that the big dollars go to the public sector cultural organisations: parks and wildlife departments, public broadcasters, libraries, museums and art galleries. The entire Australia Council budget is only $175 million out of this total figure of more than $5 billion – more than half of which goes to 29 major performing arts organisations. We can infer that relatively little funding goes to ordinary working artists.
Source: Australian Policy Online
PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY CO-BENEFITS IN REDD
This report examines how biodiversity co-benefits in REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) can be enhanced, both at the design and implementation level. It discusses potential biodiversity implications of different REDD design options that have been put forward in the international climate change negotiations and proceeds by examining how the creation of additional biodiversity-specific incentives could be used to complement a REDD mechanism, so as to target biodiversity benefits directly.
Source: OECD Environment Policy Committee, Working Group on Economic Aspects of Biodiversity. ENV/EPOC/GSP/BIO(2009)2/FINAL
Contact library for a copy
Source: OECD Environment Policy Committee, Working Group on Economic Aspects of Biodiversity. ENV/EPOC/GSP/BIO(2009)2/FINAL
Contact library for a copy
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Business guide to the low carbon economy: Queensland
http://www.apo.org.au/research/business-guide-low-carbon-economy-queensland
Commissioned by the Queensland Government and prepared by The Climate Group in partnership with Arup, this guide provides practical steps for businesses to get on top of measuring and curbing greenhouse gas emissions from their operations. It also provides an overview of climate change policies and programs in Queensland with a view to helping companies develop a strategy to suit their individual situation.
Source: Australian Policy Online
Commissioned by the Queensland Government and prepared by The Climate Group in partnership with Arup, this guide provides practical steps for businesses to get on top of measuring and curbing greenhouse gas emissions from their operations. It also provides an overview of climate change policies and programs in Queensland with a view to helping companies develop a strategy to suit their individual situation.
Source: Australian Policy Online
Independent sport panel report (Crawford Report)
http://www.apo.org.au/research/independent-sport-panel-report-crawford-report
2009The Crawford review was commissioned to investigate the reforms required to ensure that Australia’s sporting system remains prepared for the challenges of the future. This report examines elite and community level sport as well as sport for young people, women and men, sport for people with a disability and the engagement of Indigenous and ethnic Australians.
The Independent Sport Panel featured 39 recommendations.
Source: Australian Policy Online
2009The Crawford review was commissioned to investigate the reforms required to ensure that Australia’s sporting system remains prepared for the challenges of the future. This report examines elite and community level sport as well as sport for young people, women and men, sport for people with a disability and the engagement of Indigenous and ethnic Australians.
The Independent Sport Panel featured 39 recommendations.
Source: Australian Policy Online
Monday, November 16, 2009
Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands
http://www.apo.org.au/research/forestry-and-mining-operations-tiwi-islands
This report provides an assessment of the environmental, economic and community impacts of existing and proposed forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands, and reviews governance arrangements relating to existing operations.
Source: Australian Policy Online
This report provides an assessment of the environmental, economic and community impacts of existing and proposed forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands, and reviews governance arrangements relating to existing operations.
Source: Australian Policy Online
Monday, November 2, 2009
Leading from the front
http://www.nationalschool.gov.uk/policyhub/news_item/leading_front_ippr09.asp
A report published by Demos on 22 September 2009 observes that front line staff in Britain's public services have little or no autonomy from central control and are also burdened with targets and cumbersome management structures. The report argues that government must relinquish some powers to local control if improvements in public services are to be made in an era of austerity. This will help create a public service in which empowered citizens can seek and receive the services they need from empowered staff.
Source: Policy Hub (UK)
A report published by Demos on 22 September 2009 observes that front line staff in Britain's public services have little or no autonomy from central control and are also burdened with targets and cumbersome management structures. The report argues that government must relinquish some powers to local control if improvements in public services are to be made in an era of austerity. This will help create a public service in which empowered citizens can seek and receive the services they need from empowered staff.
Source: Policy Hub (UK)
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No.2]
The CPRS Bill sets up an emissions trading scheme as part of a framework designed to reduce pollution caused by emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Source: Parliamentary Library, Australia.
Source: Parliamentary Library, Australia.
Report Estimates Climate Change Adaptation Costs, Impacts to Utilities
http://www.docuticker.com/?p=29274
Climate change impacts to wastewater and drinking water utilities, which provide critical economic, public health, and environmental benefits, include sea level rise and extreme flooding that can inundate and incapacitate treatment facilities; water quality degradation and increased treatment requirements; water scarcity and the need to develop new drinking water supplies; and lower flows in drought conditions that can affect the operation of treatment facilities.
Source: Docuticker
Climate change impacts to wastewater and drinking water utilities, which provide critical economic, public health, and environmental benefits, include sea level rise and extreme flooding that can inundate and incapacitate treatment facilities; water quality degradation and increased treatment requirements; water scarcity and the need to develop new drinking water supplies; and lower flows in drought conditions that can affect the operation of treatment facilities.
Source: Docuticker
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