Small island nations are suing massive corporations for their carbon emissions causing sea levels to rise. Yes, it’s a David and Goliath battle, but can you accuse a company for causing climate change to your whole country — and win?
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Eyjafjallajökull’s emissions vs. CO2 saved by cancelled flights
Which emits more carbon per day: the world’s most hated volcano, or the European aviation industry? Guess.
Europe’s ETS declared a smashing success
Contrary to popular belief, Europe’s “Great Bix Tax on Everything” has not been a flop. The world’s biggest emissions trading scheme has created a healthy carbon market and brought emissions down. Australia could learn a lot.
Saving forests won’t save the planet
New research suggests that forests don’t store anywhere near as much carbon dioxide as previously thought, poking major holes in both the Government and Coalition’s climate change policies. Back to the drawing board, says Gary Johns.
web exclusive Abbott’s answer to climate change: ERF
Tony Abbott has announced a confusing and sketchy direct action policy on climate change centring on an unfunded multi-billion dollar “Emissions Reduction Fund”. Just what this debate needs: another acronym.
Is deforestation really that bad?
The UN claims that deforestation accounts for more than 20% of man-made C02 emissions, but NASA scientists now believe it may only be half as much. Should greenies be focussing their attention elsewhere?
Australia cooks the books in Copenhagen
Australia is trying to masking increases in industrial pollution by hiding them in the likes of soil and forests, reports John Hepburn. Unless this changes, the Copenhagen Treaty will just be a meaningless set of numbers.
revealed The great carbon heist
Australia’s carbon emissions have increased by 30% since Kyoto, but thanks to the theft of 83.7 million tonnes of carbon credits from family farmers, the government can claim it’s only 9%, reports Steve Truman.
Rewriting the history on deforestation
The Australian government is rewriting history by claiming that the decline in deforestation emissions has primarily been the product of government policy, writes Andrew McIntosh.
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Copenhagen’s climate footprint
The Copenhagen climate summit will generate some 41,000 tonnes of “carbon dioxide equivalent”. Power & Energy breaks it down into exactly what that looks like and where it’s coming from. 200,000 cups of coffee is just the beginning…
The planet’s trillion-dollar price tag
A climate treaty reached at Copenhagen is likely to cost trillions of dollars in additional investments, according to the NYT, with richer nations likely to pick up the tab for the developing world.
US officially declares C02 a dangerous pollutant
To mark the beginning of Copenhagen, America’s Environmental Protection Agency has officially declared carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions as a danger to public health.
Copenhagen will create 41,000 tonnes of C02
15,000 delegates and officials, 5000 journalists, 98 world leaders, 1200 limos and 140 private jets: the Copenhagen climate summit is going to leave one hell of a carbon footprint.
Copenhagen: What to expect
All the colour, conflict and craziness of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference will be delivered through any means possible, writes Matthew Knott. But will we get out the champagne or the sandbags?
Can Tony Abbott cut emissions without an ETS or carbon tax?
So Tony Abbott claims he wants to cut emissions but doesn’t want a “big fat tax”. Can it be done? Yes it can, writes Tim Hollo, but not in a way that the Liberals would ever approve. And it would cost maybe tens of billions.
Dubai was already bankrupt: morally and financially
Dubai may have Western fast food chains, impressive skyscrapers and designer fashions, but beneath its modern facade, it is a dictatorship built by slaves, with the highest per capita carbon emissions on Earth says Johann Hari.
China’s carbon reduction pledge: 40-45%… with a few caveats
China has joined the US in bringing a concrete carbon pledge to Copenhagen: a 40-45% “carbon intensity” reduction, relative to economic growth, compared with 2005 levels. What the hell does that even mean?
How do different countries’ emissions pledges stack up?
A site produced by European climate change NGOs assesses individual country’s pledges on carbon emission reduction, weighing them up against each other and the numbers scientists say we need to be aiming for.
Obama to pledge 17% emissions cut at Copenhagen
Barack Obama will make a token appearance at the Copenhagen climate summit, pledging a token 17% emissions cut by 2020 — well below the 25-40% cut scientists say is needed to curb climate change.
Copenhagen the Libs’ MacGuffin for total immolation
Copenhagen is the reason the government insists that the CPRS issue must be resolved now. Copenhagen is the reason many in the coalition think the CPRS issue shouldn’t be resolved now. Both are wrong.
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Carbon emissions: which countries are cleaning up their acts?
GOOD charts the five biggest carbon dioxide emitters in each region of the world, and whether they’ve reduced or increased emissions over the past few years. Spoiler: Australia doesn’t fare well.
The real costs of Rudd’s CPRS are just starting to surface
The Government’s climate change policy is incoherent and becoming ever more expensive, writes Sinclair Davidson. No amount of name-calling is going to change the fact that this policy is a lemon and needs to be radically reconsidered.
Copenhagen reality check #1: 25% by 2020 isn’t in the ball park
You can bet your house that Copenhagen will not conclude with a 25% mandatory target for all the developed economies. But is that even what we need to do, or is the whole of the Copenhagen process wrapped in an enormous delusion? asks David Spratt.
One world, one phone charger
Why does every single mobile phone have a different charger? Not only is it annoying, making and delivering replacement chargers has a huge carbon footprint. The UN’s Telecommunication Union is finally creating a universal charger — and it could cut C02 emissions by 24m tons a year.
