Browsing: Adaptation, science

• Sustainability index dumps OneSteel, adds Boral
  
• No call for EPBC Act 'greenhouse trigger', says AIGN
  
• Court clears way for expansion of Lake Cowal mine
  
• Human actions override Arctic cooling trend

A federally-funded study now underway aims to identify which of the nation's major infrastructure is most vulnerable to climate change and assess the capacity of owners and operators to adapt.

Plans for a protest at Victoria's coal-fired Hazelwood power station have prompted State shadow attorney-general Robert Clark to call for urgent action to protect Victoria's coal-fired generators from disruption.

• Victoria introduces bill to phase out renewables scheme
  
• We want federal CCS cash for these projects, Queensland says
  
• How to fix a planet – Royal Society examines geoengineering options

• Victoria floats overhaul of waste bodies
  
• Garrett acts on insulation rorts claims
  
• UN's adaptation estimates fall far short, report says
  
• New mining handbooks on the way

• BP chief slams mischief-making
  
• Queensland plans for 80cm sea-level rise
  
• Kids, guns and climate change
  
• Oil sands – Canada's new 'baby seal' issue

The head of the world's climate change science body has given his personal endorsement to an ambitious target of stabilising global levels of greenhouse gases at 350ppm.

• Government inches forward on EITE assistance
  
• Wong issues national emissions report card
  
• Clean jobs campaign targets corporate 'dinosaurs'

• Government delays energy green paper
  
• SA politicians urge BHP Billiton to look for new desal site
  
• 'Window of opportunity', Rudd tells Pacific nations
  
• Property Council releases corporate responsibility guide
  
• New analysis out on U.S. bill

• Don't leave climate policies just to climate officials, new alliance says
  
• Real task is to make national schemes mesh, not match
  
• New mapping tool assesses coastal vulnerability
  
• Competition needed to ensure urban water security, says report
  
• World Heritage sites vulnerable to climate change