envirosearch - Friday, June 29, 2012
The body that manages Australia's electricity grid has for the first time forecast a fall in energy use, and predicted it will delay for years the need for investment in new power plants or transmission networks. Read More
envirosearch - Friday, June 29, 2012
An experimental approach to splitting water might lead to a relatively cheap and clean method for large-scale hydrogen production that doesn't require fossil fuels. The process splits water into hydrogen and oxygen using heat and catalysts made from inexpensive materials.
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envirosearch - Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The projected effects of climate change may seem abstract to those of us living in Australia, where changes like sea-level rise will take time to manifest. But for those living on small Pacific island nations, the impacts of climate change are predicted to be more serious and happen sooner. In some cases, they have already started.
ECOS Magazine, June 26 2012, Read the full article...
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envirosearch - Wednesday, June 27, 2012
For a country like India where basic necessities have higher priority over sustainable goals, the solution lies in a combined solution says Kris Gopalakrishnan.
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envirosearch - Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The Rio+20 summit on promoting jobs, clean energy and a more sustainable use of our planet's resources closed June 22 after three days of talks. During the summit, the role of Earth observation in sustainable development was highlighted. Read More
envirosearch - Thursday, June 21, 2012
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), could have brought us closer to a strengthened earth system governance. Closer towards a global, effective architecture for governance of sustainability that can adapt to changing circumstances, that involves civil society, that is accountable and legitimate beyond the nation state and that is fair for everyone. Read More
envirosearch - Thursday, June 21, 2012
A climate change policy guide by the International Monetary Fund has broadly backed the federal government's starting point, recommending a minimum initial carbon price of about $20 a tonne.
In a report released to guide policymakers, the IMF said there were two basic ways to assess where carbon pricing should start.
The Age, June 21 2012, Read the full article...
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envirosearch - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Schemes encouraging people to install solar panels and save energy have cut household power consumption and will restrict the pace at which electricity bills increase in coming years, a new analysis has found. Read More
envirosearch - Monday, June 18, 2012
The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) is proud to announce the launch of the Inclusive Wealth Report 2012 (IWR 2012), a new report that measures the wealth of nations, at the Rio+20 Summit on June 17. Read More
envirosearch - Monday, June 18, 2012
In a surprise finding, researchers have shown that as trees start to grow closer to the North Pole, replacing once-barren tundra, they release more greenhouse gases than they absorb.
The study has global implications for measuring the speed of global warming, because it had previously been thought that when forests colonise the frozen Arctic they might act to slow dangerous climate change by soaking up extra carbon dioxide from the air.
The Age, 18th June 2012, Read the full article...
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