13 October 2014: Energy used to be seen as a relatively low, stable expenditure for companies, but due to steadily rising costs now has a significant impact on profits. ClimateWorks Australia’s new report, Energy Management and Company Competitiveness, finds that improving energy performance can reduce the increase in energy costs by about half for the.
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Monthly Archives: November 2014
By Don Henry, University of Melbourne
The US-China climate deal provides a fresh burst of momentum after years of exhausting international negotiations in search of a worldwide agreement to tackle climate change.
It also confirms that Australia will need to agree and implement stronger emissions targets than are currently being discussed by the government..
By Michael Hopkin, The Conversation
Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) say they are confident their latest report, released in Copenhagen today, will help give politicians the impetus to commit to the deep emissions cuts needed to meet the world’s goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees.
Jim Skea, a vice-chair.