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20 Nov 2009
ETS Media: ANU Academic Experts
The Government’s proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has met with bitter resistance from the Opposition and recently been the subject of intense negotiations. Overshadowing the Government’s scheme are lingering questions of what Australia will bring to the table at December’s UN Climate Change Conference and the prospect of a double dissolution.
With the ETS to be de
20 Nov 2009
Climate Science Reports
Follow the links to access Professor Will Steffen's latest climate change reports.
Climate Change 2009. Faster Change and More Serious Risks by Professor Will Steffen
Synthesis Report - Climate Change Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions, Copenhagen 2009 10-12 March Conference.
Nature article: Planetary Boundaries The Human Race Should Not Transgress
Individuals and co
17 Nov 2009
Too Hot To Talk About: Why Is Australia Still Debating Climate Change?
Some international commentators have expressed dismay that Australia is still debating climate change while other developed and developing economies have moved on and are already making positive steps towards climate change strategies. Is Australia out of step with the rest of the world? Who's telling fibs and who's providing facts about climate change in Australia? Have the A
13 Nov 2009
Run For A Safe Climate
Active and serving members of Australia’s emergency services will run to the Big Solar Dish on Monday 16 November 2009 as it is Day 15 of the Run for a Safe Climate campaign. Firefighters, paramedics, police, military and emergency services workers will run in relay over 6,000 kilometres linking Australia’s natural icons. The runners will also visit some of the climate change sol
06 Nov 2009
The International Climate Negotiations And The Two-Level Game
In international negotiations domestic politics and international relations are often entangled. The concept of a 'two-level game' can be used to understand when and how domestic politics and international relations interact. It is generally assumed to be a static state of interaction. While this may be a suitable assumption in one-off negotiations, it is unlikely to be so for prolonged
02 Nov 2009
Uncertainty, Ethics, And The Economics Of Climate Change
Climate change is a long-term, complex problem involving fundamental uncertainties. Evaluating climate change policies thus depends critically on links among time preference, risk aversion, and the perceived rights of future generations. Economic models assume high time preference rates and low risk aversion, and support only modest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. This presentation,
30 Oct 2009
Climate Change And Global Health
Climate change raises a number of challenges to human wellbeing, among these is the threat to our health. In combination with climate change, large-scale global environmental changes such as loss of biodiversity, changes in fresh water supplies and stresses on food production systems, have the potential to cause systemic adverse alterations in patterns of health and disease.
These can
30 Oct 2009
APEC VC Climate Change Workshop
This week the ANU Climate Change Institute (CCI) hosted a closed workshop focusing on the implementation of adaptive response strategies to strengthen against climate change impacts in developed and developing economies in the APEC Region.
Sponsors of the workshop were AusAID, the ANU Climate Change Institute, the ANU Exchange and the ANU Korea Institute. The workshop was co-hoste
10 Oct 2009
Climate Change Adaptation: Voluntary Family Planning
Voluntary access to family planning should be made more easily available to poor communities in least developed countries to assist their ability to adapt to the harmful effects of a changing climate according to a researcher from The Australian National University.
Associate Professor Colin Butler from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at ANU has co-auth
10 Oct 2009
Thirsty Work: Edgy Mix Of Humour, Panic and Hysteria
Rod Quantock says, “If climate change doesn’t scare you, then you don’t get the science.” Fortunately Quantock does, and when he gives you his take on the physics, chemistry, biology, geology, palaeontology, cosmology and meteorology of climate science you’ll get it too. And then… you’ll be scared. It’s win-win. Sounds like great fun doesn’t? It’s an edgy mix of panic