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It seems that both sides of politics in Australia are looking to embrace the concept of carbon sinks. The CPRS contains a major reforestation component driven by the National Carbon Accounting Tool (NCAT) and the coalition have come out touting...
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Paul Gilding
James. From what I understand of the data, nuclear doesn't achieve much CO2 reduction until realistically 15 years after you press the "go" button. 10 years to get approvals and build it (if you're lucky) and around 5 years to recover the embedded...
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James Drougas
Hi Paul,How do you feel about the liberal MP's push to make nuclear power part of their climate change policy? How will their new stance effect the CPRS 3? Is their 'defiance' just delaying the inevitable? regards,James
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Tiernan Humphrys
Good to see the proposed changes to BCA Part J (energy efficiency) is looking to take an approach of regulatory "encouragement" (whatever that means) for light coloured roofs and walls. Not yet made a call on air leakage testing but at...
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Paul Gilding
yes, good point and reinforces the importance of analysing these things holistically to find the strongest leverage points, even if they (as per this case) are harder levers to pull. We tend to focus on the easier actions rather than the impactful...
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Paul Gilding
Yes, there is that argument. I put a version of it earlier in the week on my Business Spectator blog, as Carr did in the Oz. It's hard to imagine Oz action would get weaker as the world gets stronger and the science clearer. My piece here: ...
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Tiernan Humphrys
Paul - this approach is the obvious one but is not as easy as one would expect. Trying to get health professionals (who are generally over worked and under resourced) to listen is hard, and sometimes even harder for them to make the link...
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Paul Gilding
Andrew. Good question and a difficult one. One the one hand, yes, carry on as we are because it DOES build momentum and support. On the other, we need breakthroughs which implies that is not enough. The reason we put the white roofs in there was...
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Tristan Knowles
Indeed, I'm surprised the various interest groups lobbying for more compensation in the CPRS 2 aren't up in arms regarding the actions of the Liberal party. A Labour/Greens CPRS 3 is less likely to offer as much compensation as they received...
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Andrew Foran
Paul,Re the One degree war plan, I'm interested in the build up to the tipping point where society fully percieves the crisis and we enter the do whatever it takes stage (i think you predict around 2020 from memory). Is it a case of continuing...
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