Inquiry into the exposure drafts of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

Interim Report: Inquiry into the exposure drafts of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme [Australian Parliament Website]
TIlL SENATE STANDlI'\G COMMITTEE O~ ECONO\1ICS Inquiry into the exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Interim Report 14 April 2009 Senator the Hon John Hogg President of the
Date: 21/04/2009 - Collection: Senate - Sub Collection: Senate Committee Reports

More info: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/economics_ctte/cprs_09/index.htm

Consulting On Climate Change in South Asia

The World Bank Group South Asia Region is in the process of seeking feedback from interested parties on its draft climate change strategy. "Towards a Climate Change Strategy for South Asia" will articulate the guiding principles for the World Bank's climate-related work in the region. This is part of an ongoing consultation process that will be held around the region from February 1st to March 31st, 2009. We are seeking the views of representatives from governments, donor agencies, civil society, and other stakeholders, on the document. Your feedback will be essential to help shape, strengthen and define the strategic approach.

Clearing the air policy report

The Climate Institute
This report examines the clean energy investments required to make Australia's transition to a low-carbon economy and the arguments used by carbon polluters and their supporters to delay or undermine action. Posted 26-01-2009

The carbon trap

The carbon trap: can offsets, emissions caps, and complex trading schemes turn off the global spigot of greenhouse gases?.

Replicating that success is not as straightforward as it sounds. First, carbon emissions are not currently well quantified. The Clean Air Act amendments required power plants to install instruments that record their acid rain-causing emissions and to report the numbers to the Environmental Protection Agency. Yet in Europe's carbon trading system--a likely model for the United States--businesses are not required to use monitoring instrumentation. They are allowed to determine their carbon emissions by "calculation." Although third-party auditors check the process, Michael Wara, a Stanford Law School professor and a researcher at the Stanford Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, acknowledges that there is reason for concern when emitters are doing their own carbon accounting.

How do fuel use and emissions respond to price changes?

David Gargett and Afzal Hossain / Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics
Transport fuel use responds negatively to price increases (in both the short and the long run), and positively to population and income increases, according to this report, which describes the differing effects across the various transport modes. Posted 19-08-2008

The role of natural forests in carbon storage

Green carbon: the role of natural forests in carbon storage, part 1 - a green carbon account of Australia’s south-eastern Eucalypt forests, and policy implications
Brendan G. Mackey, Heather Keith, Sandra L. Berry and David B. Lindenmayer / ANU E Press
The colour of carbon matters. Green carbon is the carbon stored in the plants and soil of natural ecosystems and is a vital part of the global carbon cycle. This report is the first in a series that examines the role of natural forests in the storage of carbon, the impacts of human activities, and the implications for climate change policy. Posted 06-08-2008

OECD’s Economic Assessment of Biofuel Support Policies

Biofuel policies in OECD countries costly and ineffective, says report
16/07/2008 - Government support of biofuel production in OECD countries is costly, has a limited impact on reducing greenhouse gases and improving energy security, and has a significant impact on world crop prices, according to a new study of policies to promote greater production and use of biofuel in OECD countries.

Defining a national energy efficiency strategy

McLennan Magasanik Associates / Climate Institute
Australia's energy productivity lags behind other developed countries across many sectors of the economy and that there are significant opportunities to save energy and cut costs with a comprehensive energy efficiency strategy, according to this report. Posted 14-07-2008