How much carbon can trees absorb?
Australia’s agriculture and forestry – land-based abatement – can make a valuable contribution to lowering Australia’s greenhouse emissions. The scale of contribution has been widely discussed. But the…
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Great and desperate measures: the case for (and against) geoengineering
The latest emissions data from the International Energy Agency suggest that our current methods for dealing with climate change have not worked.
This means we will have to adapt to climate change, for…
Black and white and REDD all over: a plan to save the world’s forests
The world has been fiddling while the forests burn, or are otherwise lost. One proposal to keep what’s left intact is REDD – essentially, paying countries to conserve their forest carbon stocks.
REDD…
Australia ignores energy efficiency, burns money
Energy efficiency is globally seen as the biggest and best option for cheaply reducing greenhouse gas emissions and dealing with rising power bills.
But in Australia it still struggles for recognition…
Sustainable design, consumption and change
There’s been a boom in sustainable products and packaging from keep cups to green bags – but how important is sustainable design in reducing our global footprint?
Sustainable design can play a critical…
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Discovery questions current bushfire mitigation approach
Researchers have discovered a new bushfire phenomenon called “fire channelling” that occurs only on steep slopes facing away…
Participants (11)
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Damon Honnery
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Patrick Moriarty
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
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Byron Smith
PhD candidate in Christian Ethics
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Stephen Clune
Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Design
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Peter Kanowski
Professor of Forestry
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Alan Pears AM
Adjunct Professor, School of Global Studies, Urban and Social Studies (GUSS)
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William Raper
Mr.
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John Knox
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Ben Ting
Engineer
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Michael Battaglia
Theme Leader, Greenhouse Gas Abatement and Carbon Storage in Land Use Systems
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Malcolm Robinson
Geologist