Climate Change Research Group

Public symposium: Our Governments’ Response to Climate Change

Hamer Oration on Good Government
A public symposium - 'Fiddling While Australia Burns: Will this be History's Judgement of Our Governments' Response to Climate Change?'

TIME & DATE: 6.00pm (for 6.30pm), Tuesday 24th November 2009
VENUE: Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building (Building 148), University of Melbourne [click here for map]

SPEAKERS:
Professor David Karoly - ARC Federation Fellow, Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
Ms Amanda McKenzie - National Director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition
Mr Tim Colebatch- Economics Editor of The Age newspaper

This event is free, but please book as this will assist with catering.
RSVP to Dr Lauren Rosewarne
lrose@unimelb.edu.au
03 8344 6820
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New Book: The Economics and Politics of Climate Change

Edited by Dieter Helm & Cameron Hepburn.
Oxford University Press, October 2009
ISBN13: 9780199573288 ISBN10: 019957328X
Hardback, 576 pages

This book takes a cool-headed look at the critical roadblocks to agreement on climate change, examining the underlying economics and incentives faced by the main players, the key technologies and the policies governments can put in place to shift our economies onto a low-carbon path. The volume brings together leading climate change economists and policy experts. Amongst the various contributions, a host of positive suggestions are set out as to how to build a post Kyoto framework.

Dieter Helm is Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford.
Contact: dieter@dhelm.co.uk

Cameron Hepburn is a Senior Research Fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. He was a Rhodes Scholar in 2000, and is graduate of The University of Melbourne in Law, Engineering and Modern Languages.
Contact: Cameron.hepburn@smithschool.ox.ac.uk

For more information, click here.

Melbourne Climate Policy Forum Oct-Dec 09

A joint initiative of Victoria University, through the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) and Carbon Market Economics Pty Ltd (CME).

There will be six briefings on the implementation of effective climate policies:
2. Making Adjustment Payments to Electricity Generators Effective
Thursday 5 November, 5-7pm Mr Bruce Mountain (CME)
3. Australia’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme: Can Carbon Markets Deliver?
Thursday 12 November, 5-7pm Professor Peter Sheehan (CSES) & Mr Rob Jolly (CME)
4. Australia’s Approach to Renewable Electricity Generation
Thursday 19 November, 5-7pm Mr Rob Jolly & Mr Bruce Mountain (CME)
5. The Challenge of Adaptation: Victoria as a Case Study
Thursday 26 November, 5-7pm Professor Roger Jones (CSES)
6. The New Industrial Revolution: Implications for Australia and Victoria
Thursday 3 December, 5-7pm Professor Peter Sheehan & Dr Kim Sweeny (CSES)

VENUE: Victoria University City Campus - Level 11, Room 1101, 300 Flinders St, Melbourne

RSVP: Attendance is free but please register by sending the number of the briefing you wish to attend, plus your contact details to Nupur Sethia by phone on 03 9919 1340 or by email to nupur.sethia@vu.edu.au

BREAZE 2009 Earth Matters Climate Change Forum - Ballarat

BREAZE is a locally formed group of energetic, forward thinking people who believe that there are more sustainable ways of living on our patch of the planet.

A very successful forum was held on Saturday August 8th 2009. The event was hosted by Earth Matters, a partnership between local climate action group BREAZE, The Courier and The University of Ballarat.

Click > play for video footage from the 2009 Forum: