Reading RoomThe Federal Government’s Clean Energy Future Plan includes the establishment of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which will be based in Sydney. The main function of the CEFC, which is an independent statutory body, is to mobilise investment in clean energy technologies and projects through a process of co-investment with the private sector.
The recent …
The Productivity Commission (Commission) has recently released a draft report entitled Barriers to Effective Climate Change Adaptation. The inquiry undertaken by the Commission aims to identify ‘barriers’ that are hampering ‘the ability of individual’s, firms, governments and communities to adjust to new ways of doing things in the face of climate change’. …
Welcome to the first edition of the Quarterly Sustainability & Climate Change Update for 2012. This year is likely to be an exciting and challenging time for participants in this space.
We look forward to continuing to keep you updated n the latest developments in this area. In our first quarterly Update for 2012, we discuss:
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 …
In this Update, we discuss some of the details of the legislation to implement a carbon price:
On 10 July 2011, the Prime Minister released the Federal Government's 'Clean Energy Future Plan' (Plan).
The centrepiece of the Plan is the introduction of a carbon price starting at $23 per tonne of carbon pollution on 1 July 2012. This price will be payable by Australia's 500 most carbon-intensive businesses in the stationary energy, …
On 10 July 2011, the Prime Minister released the Federal Government's 'Clean Energy Future Plan' (Plan).
The centrepiece of the Plan is the introduction of a carbon price starting at $23 per tonne of carbon pollution on 1 July 2012. This price will be payable by Australia's 500 most carbon-intensive businesses in the stationary energy, …
On 10 July 2011, the Prime Minister released the Federal Government's 'Clean Energy Future Plan' (Plan).
The centrepiece of the Plan is the introduction of a carbon price starting at $23 per tonne of carbon pollution on 1 July 2012. This price will be payable by Australia's 500 most carbon-intensive businesses in the stationary energy, …
In this Update, we discuss:
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