A national climate adaptation facility established five years ago at the behest of COAG will launch its research findings at Parliament House at the end of May and then cease to exist a month later, due to a lack of Federal funding.
In a new issues paper, the Climate Change Authority leaves open the prospect of recommending a target for 2030, as well as 2020, and asks how emissions caps on carbon-liable entities can best contribute to meeting national targets.
The decline in electricity sector emissions is the highlight of today's update of national greenhouse gas accounts, says Pitty&Sherry's Phil Harrington, but rising transport emissions are a 'mark of shame'.
Victoria's first climate change adaptation plan says natural hazards are a more immediate risk to public and business infrastructure than terrorism, and gives as an example the 2009 heatwave-related transport disruptions that cost the state $800 million.
The Climate Change Authority will release its draft recommendations on a national 2020 emissions reduction target and trading-scheme pollution caps just after the September federal election.
The Gillard Government yesterday released a plan to create a national network of wildlife corridors but – in the face of opposition from miners, farmers and some state governments – it has ignored independent advice that they should have legal recognition.