With heightened awareness about the need to prepare for climate change, and increasing action in the climate change adaptation area across all scales and a range of sectors, the term ‘resilience building’ is being increasingly referred to. Climate change adaptation is not the only area in which the term is being applied – another is in response to the need to prepare for a low carbon era and a world with less oil. So is ‘resilience building’ a new buzz term or is the concept more significant than just the latest flavour of the month? The term ‘ecological sustainability’ met with similar questions in its early days of use.
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A story out this week refers to a survey conducted by Easy Being Green to assess the willingness or otherwise of Australians to pay to offset their...
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The latest IPCC report suggests...
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On 6 April the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Assessment Report of Working Group II (WGII). The Report comes...
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The upcoming state election in New South Wales on 24 March has brought a number of topics to the forefront of political agendas. An important issue for Sydneysiders is water. With the current drought, low dam levels and continuing water restrictions people want to know what will happen if the water runs out.
One...
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Dr Graeme Pearman, partnered with State governments, is currently travelling around Australia delivering presentations on the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report. ...
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Both the NSW Minister for the Environment, The Hon. Bob Debus, and the Shadow Minister for the Environment, Michael Richardson, have put forward a diverse mix of environmental promises which...
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The growing availability of emissions offset schemes to the everyday consumer is testament to the fact that more and more people are concerned about their carbon footprint. The latest organisation to offer such a scheme to it’s customers is Bendigo Bank, as seen in Environmental Management News...
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On Friday 2 February 2007, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its fourth Assessment Report – the fourth six-yearly snapshot of the global greenhouse issue.
The report of Working Group 1...
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