Category Archive for "Leadership" | Getting to Sustainability

25
September

Winners of the 2013 Green Globe Awards

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25 September 2013: The NSW Government's Green Globe Awards recognise excellence, leadership and innovation in sustainability. The Minister for the Environment and Minister for Heritage, Hon. Robyn Parker hosted the gala award ceremony at Parliament House on 24 September. "It's exciting to see this year's.

25
September

Communicating climate change is great value for money

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By David Holmes, Monash University Many will be relieved at today’s announcement by board members of the Climate Commission that they will be continuing their work by setting up a community-funded Climate Council. Communicating climate change is a never-ending task. It is made.

22
September

UN, GRI and WBCSD partner on Business Engagement Architecture

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(New York, 20 September 2013) – Over a thousand CEOs and C-suite executives drawn to New York for the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit are expected to endorse an architecture to engage corporations unveiled by the United Nations Secretary-General this morning..

5
September

Eureka prize science awards: Australian scientists celebrated

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By Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation One of The Conversation’s most popular writers and columnists, evolutionary biologist Professor Rob Brooks, has won a 2013 Eureka Prize for his work on science communication. The annual Australian Museum Eureka Prizes celebrate the best in Australian science, innovation, leadership, research and science journalism. Director of the Evolution and Ecology.

3
September

Climate change politics – why politicians have turned their backs on climate

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By Clive Hamilton A recent Vote Compass poll shows 61% of Australian adults want the federal government to do more to tackle climate change; 18% want it to do less. This figure, consistent with many polls over the years, squares with various developments in Australian politics but contradicts others. The Howard Government lost the 2007.

17
August

Government department commits to science-based policy

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By Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation

Two peak bodies for science researchers today welcomed the release of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Science Strategy 2013-2018, a document that aims to ensure government policy is informed by science.

The strategy underlined the importance of science to public policy development, said Andrew Metcalfe AO, Secretary.

11
August

Green buildings plan – zero emissions housing in ten years

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A new report illustrates that zero emissions housing with tiny power bills could be achieved within ten years, mainstreaming green buildings across the community. By Dominique Hes, University of Melbourne 8 August 2013: A new study says that all Australia’s existing housing could be retrofitted to be zero emissions within ten years. Households could halve their energy use.

8
August

World Bank kicks coal, but will the rest of the world follow?

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Colin Hunt, The University of Queensland World Bank president Jim Yong Kim recently announced that the Bank would cut coal from its portfolio of investment projects. New coal powered generation will now receive financial support only in “rare circumstances”. Gas will remain in the Bank’s investment mix but as a transitional fuel. But.

4
August

Health sector calling for action on climate change and carbon costs

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5 August 2013: Australia's health sector is calling for strong action on climate change as the prescription for political parties looking for a winning formula in the upcoming federal election. The electorate is becoming more aware of the growing risks to the wellbeing, safety and health of communities.

27
July