Showing posts with label Speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speech. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Speech to the 5th Australia-NZ Climate Change and Business Conference - speech 25 August 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
URL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/sp20090825.html
Major speeches. We are 104 days from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Copenhagen. President Obama's Assistant on Energy and Climate Change, Carol Browner, has said:.

Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Tourism
Resources, Energy and Tourism
http://minister.ret.gov.au/thehonmartinfergusonmp/pages/launchofsolarinstitutegrantsprogram.aspx
SNIPPET: The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP. Minister Ferguson said: The solar expertise in Australia puts us at the forefront of research and development in this field. Australia has the potential to be a world-leader in the development of solar energy.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Towards a new response to climate change

Towards a new response to climate change - Perspectives from Australia - speech 15 October 2008
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

SNIPPET: You are here: » Major speeches. Others assert that recent global financial and economic events demand delay in action on climate change that we cannot afford to reduce emissions right now or - in Australia's case - proceed to introduce a market-based emissions trading scheme. And as I've just highlighted, we have taken a robust, market-based approach to reducing our domestic emissions because we want Australia to be in a position to capitalise on new opportunities in a carbon constrained world.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Australia's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

- speech 1 September 2008
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
URL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2008/sp20080901.html
SNIPPET: You are here: » Major speeches. In July, the Australian Government launched its Green Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - a scheme focused on tackling climate change, and protecting our economic prosperity. The carbon market publication Point Carbon has reported that there have already been 10 or 11 futures trades of carbon in Australia, in anticipation of the formation of the Australia's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.