Quarterly Sustainability & Climate Change Update December 2011
Welcome to the final edition of the Quarterly Sustainability & Climate Change Update for 2011. Next year is likely to be an exciting and challenging time for participants in this space. Among other things, the carbon price regime will come into effect in the middle of the year, significant funding will become available for a range of activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the much-debated Murray-Darling Basin Plan is likely to become a reality. We look forward to continuing to keep you updated on the latest developments in this area and, in the meantime, wish you the very best for the holiday season and for 2012.
In this final quarterly Update for 2011, we discuss:
- Paying the right price: the ACCC’s treatment of carbon price pass through by business
- The promise and pitfalls of environmental planting projects under the Carbon Farming Initiative
- Real opportunities to reduce landfill emissions from legacy waste – methodology approved under the Carbon Farming Initiative
- Generating waves by implementation of sea level rise policy – the case of Lake Macquarie City Council
- One step closer to the sustainable use of water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin?
For the full update please download the PDF.