Category: climate change

Clean Economy transition increases Australian self sufficiency

Clean Economy transition increases Australian self sufficiency

Oct 27, 2019 | Clean Economy, Clean Energy Transition, climate change, Climate Damage, Economy, Emissions, Energy, forum, Forums & Presentations, Lighter Footprints, Post Carbon Society, Self Sufficiency

What is a major cause of recent wars? What do we have only 28 days supply of? What would reduce regional tensions, increase Australian resilience and increase the average life expectancy of our military age kids? I am betting that the answer isn’t to be found in...
Anthea Harris: Victorian potential for change

Anthea Harris: Victorian potential for change

Oct 20, 2019 | Australia, carbon emissions, Clean Economy, Clean Energy Transition, climate change, Economy, Emissions, Energy, forum, Forums & Presentations, Global warming, government, Politics, Targets, Victoria

  “One of the country’s most experienced climate policy practitioners”. This how Frank Jotzo described Anthea Harris when lamenting the Abbott government’s spree of public servant sackings over carbon predicting her probable demise as the CEO of...
Tom Kompas – the case for a faster transition to a clean economy

Tom Kompas – the case for a faster transition to a clean economy

Oct 16, 2019 | Clean Economy, Clean Energy Transition, climate change, Climate Change Risk, Climate Damage, Economy, Energy, forum, Forums & Presentations, Post Carbon Society, Uncategorized

How can Australia prevent a $584.5 billion dollar loss by 2030? Or a projected cumulation of more than $5 trillion in losses by 2100? Or save $14,000 a household every year over the long term? Professor Tom Kompas works on these problems, and more, to show that the...