Carbon Footprints

I’m in China right now getting ready for the start of Carbon Trade China 2008.
Asia & Pacific accounted for 80% of carbon trade volume in the CDM market. New projects in Asia increased dramatically.China accounted for 51% of the world’s CDM carbon emission credits. During the first three quarters 2007, the number of CDM projects [...]

Carbon Planet is about to launch its first Australian corporate seminar series as part of a broader ‘Carbon Insights’ programme. The first series concerns The Economics of Carbon Management and covers new legislation such as the National Greenhouse and Eenergy Reporting Act 2007, the emergence of an Australian Carbon Trading Scheme, and the implications [...]

In a press release today (PDF) the Australian Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong, announced the draft timetable for the adoption of an Australian national emissions trading scheme.

The timetable includes four phases of consultation on key design and implementation issues.

March to June 2008 Phase 1 consultation with stakeholders to inform the development of the [...]

Early this year US Senator Joe Lieberman and the EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Robert Meyers formally requested that the Environmental Protection Agency analyse the economic consequences of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S.2191). The act is designed to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases through the development of a market driven [...]

According to a story via Bloomberg, Australia’s Carbon Price May Be Double Forecast, Citigroup Says , the price of carbon is set to go large.
Australia’s carbon price may be more than double the earlier estimated level as pressure builds on the government to set stricter targets for emissions reductions, Citigroup Inc. said.
Carbon may be priced [...]

This morning I gave a speech to a collection of building managers, funds managers and facilities managers about the implications of climate change on the building industry. The talk was hosted by Maureen, CEO of Ndevr Pty Ltd who presented on systems for data capture. The other presenter was Julian from Dexus Property [...]

Slides from the talk I gave to the CSR special interest group of the AIM
Last night I was privileged to be able to give a talk to the Corporate Social Responsibility special interest group of the Australian Institute of Management. The organisers claim that it was one of the most well attended talks they [...]

In April 2007, Professor Garnaut, a Professor of Economics in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, was commissioned by the Australian States and Territories, and more recently the Commonwealth Government, to undertake a review examining the impact of climate change on the Australian economy and potential medium to [...]

A Field of Marijuana. Photo ©Bart Pogoda and used with permission.
I lived in Amsterdam for some years and got to know many cannabis growers. These farmers, mostly based in Switzerland, do not grow “industrial” (ie low THC) hemp, but they do grow cannabis in industrial quantities. I do tend to use the [...]

On 18 January this year the Australian consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission or simply the ACCC announced they were taking action against GM Holden over their Saab ‘green’ claims, alleging misleading and deceptive conduct and false representations concerning ‘green’ claims made in the advertising of Saab vehicles.
The ACCC alleges that the Saab [...]