Current Kyoto targets lapse at the end of 2012. All countries except Canada are expected to meet these international commitments. Australia ratified the Protocol four years ago, ending the years of recalcitrance that cost the country diplomatically and in lost investment opportunities. Australia was also the first major Kyoto country to stand up in Copenhagen...

Australia could get more out of its carbon pricing scheme by focusing its emissions trading efforts on its neighbours rather than Europe. Carbon markets are the forefront of domestic climate policy in Australia. They are now also becoming a core question of diplomacy, as Australia looks to link its emissions trading scheme to that of...

Australia’s work health and safety legislation aims to protect the health and safety of researchers and workers developing, manufacturing or using engineered nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes. The potential risks from exposure to carbon nanotubes have been identified and examined in research studies. To help people work safely with carbon nanotubes, Safe Work Australia commissioned...

There were times during the drought when I caught myself trading a couple of extra minutes in the shower against the water tank out the window. There was no material connection – the tank was not connected to the shower – but there was a subconscious exchange of guilt with smugness. So I was not...

This report explores the policy implications of the large-scale development of geothermal energy resources and their impact on water quality and availability. • Australia could potentially produce energy from a variety of geothermal systems including: non-conventional engineered geothermal systems (EGS) hot sedimentary aquifer (HSA) developments shallow systems such as low enthalpy aquifers ground source heat...