AlphaBeta Managing Director, Australia, Toby Brennan, and Engagement Manager, Sriram Srikumar, make the economic case for a green recovery from COVID-19 based on the modelling for the clean jobs plan that AlphaBeta has developed with the Climate Council. They say that focusing on 12 proposed policy opportunities, their plan could directly create 76,000 jobs over three years. Read more…
17/08/2020
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/August-2020/A-clean-jobs-plan-can-save-the-climate-and-our-post-COVID-economy
How can we use the COVID-19 crisis to mitigate the unfolding climate crisis? Deloitte Access Economics Associate Director, Claire Atkinson, discusses new research from Deloitte that highlights the economic consequences of climate complacency and the need for a new way of thinking about climate risk in economics. Read more…
03/12/2020
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/December-2020/Build-climate-resilience-in-recovery-or-we-risk-it-all-again
Speech delivered by Origin Energy, Managing Director, Grant King at a CEDA event in Sydney on 18 March, 2013. Read more…
19/03/2013
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/SPEECH-Origin-Energy,-MD,-Grant-King
Australian Strategic Policy Institute Risk and Resilience Program Head, Dr Paul Barnes, discusses what the upcoming commissions, reviews and inquiries into the recent bushfire crisis should strive to achieve. He highlights the need for coordination between services, different levels of government and business, and the importance of appreciating the full scope of the difficulties we face.
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19/02/2020
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/February-2020/Increasing-disaster-resilience-through-coordination-and-collaboration
HSBC Centre of Sustainable Finance Managing Director Zoë Knight argues that new infrastructure is urgently required to keep global temperatures from rising more than anticipated and highlights the areas that require most attention.
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01/08/2018
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/August-2018/New-infrastructure-needed-to-halt-temperature-rises
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals can structure an effective recovery for Australia but only if governments set meaningful targets says Monash Sustainable Development Institute, ClimateWorks Australia & BehaviourWorks Australia Chair, John Thwaites. Read more…
23/11/2020
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/November-2020/Sustainable-Development-Goals-can-be-a-blueprint-for-COVID-19-recovery
CEDA's 2014 policy perspective, The Economics of Climate Change, examines the economic impact of climate change for Australia. The report explains how Australia's economy will be exposed if we don't effectively manage climate change risks. Read more…
18/06/2014
https://events.ceda.com.au/Research-and-policy/All-CEDA-research/Research-catalogue/The-Economics-of-Climate-Change
CEDA's 2014 policy perspective,The Economics of Climate Change, examines the economic impact of climate change for Australia. The report explains how Australia's economy will be exposed if we don't effectively manage climate change risks. Read more…
01/06/2014
https://events.ceda.com.au/Research-and-policy/Recent-research/The-Economics-of-Climate-Change
New modelling shows a carbon tax would have less impact on GDP and more impact on reducing emissions than cap-and-trade. Read more…
31/08/2009
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/Media-releases/Carbon-tax-emerges-as-a-genuine-alternative
This month it was reported the Prime Minister had suggested climate change was unlikely to be discussed at the G20 leaders' summit because the summit had an economic focus. And apparently Mr Abbott was seeking to draw together a coalition of like-minded leaders to sustain this view.
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18/06/2014
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/Jun-2014/Why-climate-change-has-everything-to-do-with-economics-Professor-the-Hon-Stephen-Martin