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October

What firefighters say about climate change

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By Michael Howes, Griffith University

You do not find many climate change sceptics on the end of [fire] hoses anymore… They are dealing with increasing numbers of fires, increasing rainfall events, increasing storm events. – A senior Victorian fire officer, interviewed in 2012 for a recent National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility report.

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16
October

Mixed result on sustainability reporting, but ASX proposes greater ESG disclosure

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By Carol A Adams, Monash University Investors are increasingly interested in how companies manage non-financial — environmental and social — risks. And there is still substantial room for improvement. The recent Sustainability Reporting: Practices, Performance and Potential report compared the top 40 companies by size in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK, and found.

11
October

IPCC report and potential for sectoral agreements to solve climate change

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By David Hodgkinson, University of Western Australia This is part two of a three-part series that follows on from the release of the IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report), looking at emerging alternatives to the UN climate agreement process. Since the climate change problem emerged as a major international issue in.

11
October

Climate change ‘unprecedented’ by 2050: study

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By James Whitmore, The Conversation We have some idea of what the future may look like under climate change, and now, thanks to new research, we have a better idea of when. The research, published today in Nature, shows that the world’s climate will have fundamentally changed by 2050 if we do nothing to.

11
October

Green Star Performance rating tool launched

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After more than two years of industry engagement, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has launched its new Green Star Performance rating tool which will improve the efficiency and environmental sustainability of Australia’s existing buildings. The Green Star –.

11
October

OECD carbon and climate report calls for decarbonised economies via carbon pricing

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09 October 2013 - Credible and consistent carbon pricing must be the cornerstone of government actions to tackle climate change, according to a new OECD report. Releasing the OECD Climate and Carbon report during a Lecture organised jointly with the London School.

10
October

Oxford University report on divesting from fossil fuels

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8 October 2013: Commenting on a new report on divesting from fossil fuels, published by the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, WWF said that the research provided further evidence of the real risks to fossil fuel investments. The independent research finds.

4
October

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

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By Rachel Alembakis for The Sustainability Report, 27 September 2013: The United Nations Statistics Division has developed an experimental ecosystem accounting system to quantify ecosystem services and conditions in physical and monetary terms. Although the proposed accounting system is initially intended for governmental use, accounting professionals say that it could be used to develop accounting.

4
October

Tougher targets needed for effective 2015 Paris climate summit

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Our climate system is collapsing, but international negotiations in Paris still hold out the best promise for change. Image: 350.org/Flickr[/caption] By Ian McGregor,.

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