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CR Opinion by Donovan Burton CR Queensland Strategic Planning. The call for planners in the UK to address climate change has recently been echoed here in Australia. Talking at a National Sea Change Task Force seminar, CSIRO scientist Brian Ryan has called on local governments to consider climate change planning (http://abc.net.au/news/items/200609/1749987.htm?southwestwa). Unfortunately the […]
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Calls for planning to help combat climate change
October 10th, 2006CAL. Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against “Big Six” Carmakers
September 21st, 2006Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging their vehicles’ emissions have contributed significantly to global warming, harmed the resources, infrastructure and environmental health of California, and cost the state millions of dollars to address current and future effects.
“Global warming is causing significant harm to California’s environment, […]
Managing Climate Risk: Integrating Adaptation into World Bank operations
August 30th, 2006A new report titled ‘Managing Climate Risk-Integrating Adaptation into World Bank Group Operations’,Ā was launched on the occasion of the Third Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly, held in Cape Town. The report states that “the impacts on investments, through increased costs or significant redirection, are estimated at 1 to 2 percent of the investment portfolio, […]
UK Insurers threaten to withdraw cover
August 21st, 2006Britainās biggest insurers are threatening to stop cover to thousands of homes in flood-prone parts of the country unless the Government abandons proposals to cut its spending on flood defences. Recent leaks from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) reveal that, this year, the Government will cut Ā£15m from its annual spending […]
UK Stern Review - stern warning?
October 27th, 2006Commentary by Gareth Johnston, Director, Corporate Risk, Climate Risk Pty Ltd.
Ahead of Monday’s (UK) release of the British Government’s Department of Treasury report “The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change”, The Financial Times and other leading financial media commentators are monitoring the great climate change opportunities for new market entrants in Asia and […]