The paper discusses the implications of climate change on Australia's agricultural sector. It outlines the global and national context for action. The paper identifies a number of issues flowing from climate change that could become either opportunities or risks for rural Australia, depending on how well they are managed.

This Climate Institute paper reviews the recent efforts that have been taken by China to re-structure it's economy and avoid greenhouse gass emissions. 'Many commentators in the government, the media and business have been portraying China as the greenhouse bogey man hiding under our beds,' said Erwin Jackson, Director, Policy and Research at The Climate...

It is inevitable that Australia will undergo an unprecedented switch to clean energy over the next few decades. No other conclusion can be drawn from the scientific assessments of Australia’s, and the world’s, premier scientific institutions that countries like Australia will need to reduce emissions by 60-90% by 2050. To avoid dangerous climate change impacts...

In what is believed to be a world first, 16 Australian faith communities representing the world's great religious traditions have united to speak out on climate change. The climate change debate has tended to be dominated by the language of science. The 2006 Stern Report from the UK began to extend the discussion to the...

Based on data released 27 April 2007, the Climate Institute of Australia states that: • Australia’s energy consumption emissions have increased by 22.5 million tonnes. This is the equivalent of adding more than five million cars to Australia’s roads, or nearly 50% of the national car fleet. • Greenhouse pollution increases in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007...