Media Release, Canberra July 4th, 2008
Garnaut: Rules have Changed for Company Directors: Adapt to Climate Change or be Thrown to Market Lions. Climate Risk director Dr Karl Mallon is alerting private sector clients that the Garnuat Review places two major new expectations on the company directors that they will have to address. “This is a wake-up call that the rules have changed for the private sector, said Dr Mallon.
“Regardless of what the government do, Garnaut is saying climate change will cause immense disruption that will require adaptation, and further that companies that do not plan to do well under carbon trading will be thrown to the market lions.” Continue reading ‘Climate Risk Garnaut Media Release July 4th’
Cisco has launched two new Telepresence products that supports environmentally responsible business practices. The new System 500 and System 3200 expands the offering to include personalised and large group telepresence. Continue reading ‘Cisco announce two new TelePresencing products to broaden environmental business practice offering’
Experts from industry, government and the universities are to meet at symposia in Japan and the UK to assess how information and communication technology (ICT) can be used to combat climate change. The International Symposia on ICTand Climate Change will take place in Kyoto from April 15th to 16th and in London from June 17th to 18th. Hamadoun Toure, secretary general of the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), organiser of the event, said: “Climate change is a concern for all of humanity and requires efforts on the part of all sectors of society, including the ICT sector.
“ITU is committed to achieving climate neutrality and to working with our membership to promote the use of ICTs as an effective tool to combat climate change.” The UN estimates information and communication technologies contribute between two and 2.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading ‘Climate Risk to present research at joint UK/Japan UN ITU Conference’
TIMETABLE FOR INTRODUCTION OF EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME
March to June 2008 Phase 1 consultation with stakeholders
July 2008 Public release of the Green Paper on scheme design
July to September 2008 Phase 2 consultation on the Green Paper
December 2008 Public release of exposure draft of legislative package
December 2008 to February 2009 Phase 3 consultation on exposure draft legislation package
End 2008 Firm indication by Government of planned medium-term trajectory for the scheme
March 2009 Bill introduced into Parliament
Mid-2009 Government aims to achieve passage of bill by Parliament at this time
During 2009 Phase 4 consultation on emissions trading regulations
3rd quarter 2009 Act enters into force; scheme regulator established
2010 Emissions trading scheme will commence
The interim Garnaut Review Report is available from http://www.garnautreview.org.au/CA25734E0016A131/pages/reports-and-papers.
Dr Karl Mallon will comment on Sky News this evening.
