Posts Tagged ‘report’
Green Gold Rush
Posted in Research by Maeztri on November 11th, 2008
This abstract was recently listed on Australian Policy Online. To see the original document visit Green gold rush: How ambitious environmental policy can make Australia a leader in the race for green jobs .
Green gold rush: How ambitious environmental policy can make Australia a leader in the race for green jobs
Australian Conservation Foundation and Australian Council of Trade Unions
Posted: 30-10-2008
Australia could become a world leader in creating ‘green’ industries generating up to a million green collar jobs by 2030 and multi-billion dollar export opportunities in green technology, according to this report from ACF and ACTU.
Tags: ACF, Australia, Australian Policy Online, economy, environment, green colar, policy, report
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Pedalling Fruit Pickers Project Kit
Posted in Research by Devin Maeztri on November 3rd, 2008
Please find the attached project kit developed by Environment Victoria, “Pedaling Fruits Pickers”
Here is the complete Pedalling Fruit Picker’s Project Kit. The outcomes of the project’s feasibility research that were conducted during the three month research period are included in the report, as are numerous templates, contacts, models, project budgets and procedures. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: community, community initiat, Cultivating Community, Food, project, report, sustainable cities, urban agriculture
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Effective car pooling arrangements report
Posted in Research by Devin Maeztri on September 17th, 2008
Darren McClelland wrote a 22-page paper on the potentials and challenges of car pooling.
“This paper is for people who, in either a professional or personal capacity, have an interest in reducing the volume of single-occupant vehicles on metropolitan streets. Fewer vehicles on our streets will relieve congestion and provide environmental, economic and social benefits.
The Victorian Government promotes car pooling through its TravelSmart program. However as this paper explores, the effectiveness of TravelSmart’s car pooling arrange- ments appears to be very limited as it is focussed on a small number of workplaces in Melbourne.”
Click Advocating for Effective Car Pooling Arrangements to download the report.
Tags: car pooling, report, sustainable transport, transport, urban transportation
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Report released on the impact of fuel and mortgages in Australian cities
Posted in Research by Ferne Edwards on September 4th, 2008
The abstract was recently listed on Australian Policy Online. Sustainble Melbourne readers will be interested to find that Melbourne is one of the cities as case studies in the report. To see the original document visit http://www.apo.org.au/linkboard/results.chtml?filename_num=227134.
Unsettling suburbia: The new landscape of oil and mortgage vulnerability in Australian cities
Jago Dodson and Neil Sipe / Urban Research Program, Griffith University
Posted: 26-08-2008
The devastating impact of soaring fuel and mortgage prices on Australian households is graphically revealed in the new Griffith University Urban Research Program VAMPIRE index. This paper describes the devastating impact of soaring fuel and mortgage prices on Australian households. The VAMPIRE index identifies the relative degree of socio-economic stress in suburbs in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
To read the full document visit http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/88851/urp-rp17-dodson-sipe-2008.pdf.
Tags: energy, fuel prices, mortgage stress, mortgages, peak oil, report, suburbs, Urban Research Institute
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FutureMap: Melbourne 2030
Posted in Research by wynne.ma on August 14th, 2008
This abstract is from Australian Policy Online. To read the abstract, visit http://www.apo.org.au/linkboard/results.chtml?filename_num=222624.
FutureMap: Melbourne 2030
Committee for Melbourne
Posted: 24-07-2008
This first Melbourne-specific report on the impacts of climate change is a blueprint for adapting to the inevitable impacts of climate change, which include rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, and more frequent extreme weather events. It recommends practical actions for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, particularly from stationary energy and transport, by engaging all levels of the community.
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Tags: climate change, community, energy, Melbourne, report
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Freight transport in a carbon constrained economy report
Posted in Research by wynne.ma on August 14th, 2008
The abstract below discusses freight as an important part of the climate change agenda. Please note that this topic is also the speciality of one of the presenters, Elizabeth Boulton from Logistick - Sustainable Supply Chain Solutions, at the upcoming Sustainable Cities Round Table. The abstract below was posted on Australian Policy Online. To refer to the original posting please visit http://www.apo.org.au/linkboard/results.chtml?filename_num=222961.
Freight transport in a carbon constrained economy
National Transport Commission / Rare Consulting
Posted: 28-07-2008
This report discusses the key issues for addressing growing greenhouse gas emissions from freight transport. The report proposes actions for managing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from freight transport over the longer term.
The paper has been developed to promote and inform the debate about the future operation of the Australian freight transport sector within a carbon constrained economy by providing:
- a discussion of the relative contribution of freight transport sector emissions to national greenhouse emissions in Australia;
- key issues for future strategies for reducing freight transport;
- the role of governments in climate change policy;
- the impact of the national emissions trading scheme on the freight transport sector;
- identification of some of the current and future measures that could be pursued to reduce emissions from freight transport; and
- a proposed set of actions to develop a national strategy to reduce emissions from the freight sector over the longer term. Feedback from the consultation phase of this discussion paper will be used to help develop this national strategy.
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Tags: Australia, climate change, policy, report, sustainable transport, transport
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“Impacts of climate change on human settlements” report
Posted in Research by Ferne Edwards on August 6th, 2008
The article below is republished from the Australian Policy Online website. To view the original article, please click here.
Impacts of climate change on human settlements in the western port region: people, property and place
Peter Kinrade and Benjamin Preston / CSIRO, Marsden Jacob Associates and WPGA, Australia
Posted: 23-07-2008
This report examines the nature and extent of potential impacts of climate change to the Western Port region of Victoria. The report’s focus is on the impacts of climate change on the built environment, the social and economic implications of the impacts and the vulnerability of different localities and groups. It is one part of a wider integrated assessment of climate change in the region that covers:
- regional climate changes and biophysical impacts;
- socio-economic and infrastructure impacts (this report);
- risk assessment; and
- adaptation response.
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Tags: Australian Policy Online, climate change, energy, impacts, report, settlements, Western Port
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