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July

UN committee releases international roadmap: Deep Decarbonization report to support UN Climate Talks

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http://unsdsn.org/what-we-do/deep-decarbonization-pathways/[/caption] 8 July, 2014: A United Nations (UN) committee has released a report which will pave the way for a UN climate change summit in New York this September, in the lead up to international climate change negotiations at COP 21 in Paris, December.

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July

ESG reporting – the next evolution of investment in sustainability

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As of 1 July 2014, the Australian Stock Exchange expects listed companies to report on their ESG risks - environmental and social governance. The following is a speech by Green Building Council of Australia chief executive Romilly Madew on environmental, social and corporate governance, which was presented to the August IPD breakfast series in Sydney.

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June

Green Star Building opens at Swinburne University

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June 2014: Swinburne’s innovative new Advanced Manufacturing and Design Centre (AMDC) is open for use and allowing students to collaboratively work and learn in an environmentally friendly space.

With floors one to six, including classrooms, laboratories and café-style lounge recently open‌ing, Swinburne’s second 5-star Green Star building,.

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June

Despite industry brave face, fossil fuel divestment starting to bite

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By Blair Palese, 350.org 29 May 2014 — A recent article in the Australian Financial Review suggested that the fossil fuel divestment message is falling on deaf ears in Australia, the backyard of the coal industry, despite significant wins internationally. A survey, commissioned by the Minerals Council of Australia, the peak advocacy body representing mining companies such.

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June

St Aidan’s and their Earth Angels win Premier’s Sustainability Award 2014

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St Aidan's Anglican Girls School has won a 2014 Premier's Sustainability Award (Community category). St Aidan's Junior School is well-known for its Earth Angels Club for students interested in gardening, nature and learning about sustainability. [caption id="attachment_3242" align="alignright".

8
May

The state of Australia: our environment 2014

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By Ian Lowe, Griffith University

In the lead-up to the budget, the story of crisis has been hammered home, but there’s more to a country than its structural deficit. So how is Australia doing overall? In this special series, ten writers to take a broader look at the State of Australia; our health, wealth, education,.

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17
April

How building codes save homes from cyclones, and how they don’t

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By Wendy Miller, Queensland University of Technology During Queensland’s preparations for Severe Tropical Cyclone Ita, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman advised residents who lived in older houses (those built before 1985) to evacuate their homes as they were not likely to stand up to the storm’s destructive winds. In the event, the damage was largely.
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8
April

Australia’s biggest coal state plans for life beyond coal

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By John Cole, University of Southern Queensland
We are in the coal business. If you want decent hospitals, schools and police on the beat we all need to understand that. – Queensland Premier Campbell Newman, June 2012.
It was a rare moment of unscripted truth in Australian politics, which summed up decades of national policy. The.
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April

The IPCC has spelled out the risks – now what do we do?

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By Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, The University of Queensland Despite the mounting evidence, there are still some who would deny the veracity of human-caused climate change and its potential to disrupt and harm our communities. Most dissenters rely on non-expert sources, which tend to have low grades of analysis, review and scientific integrity. Not so with.
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March

SBA & GRI Australia welcomes new ASX sustainability disclosure provisions

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Sustainable Business Australia and the Global Reporting Initiative welcome the introduction of a new provision for ASX listed companies to identify their environmental, social and economic risks. On 27 March 2014, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) released its revised Corporate Governance Guidelines, which include a new recommendation under Principle 7: Recognise and Manage Risk. The new.
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