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Reforms that tinker at the edge of ‘business as usual’ will not be enough to ensure our environment’s capacity to support current and future generations. The Centre for Policy Development is calling for ideas on how we can move beyond our current impasse and learn to live on the environment's income rather than its capital.

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Energy Security: The Real Story on Fossil Fuels

Ian Dunlop, CPD fellow, well-known peak oil commentator and former fossil fuel scientist will speak at the second session of the Engery Securities series at Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Sydney on June 19, 2008.


Climate Action Network Australia Conference Panel: Can Business Lead on Climate Change?

CPD fellow Ian Dunlop was part of of a panel discussing the role of business in implementing climate change solutions at the 2008 CANA conference held in Sydney on 28 April.


Not all roads lead to Rome: Crisis without collapse

CPD members are invited to join Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of The Upside of Down, and CPD fellow Ian Dunlop in Sydney on August 27th to discuss how we can build our capacity to deal with environmental and economic crises.


Preparing for the long haul on climate change: A one-day roundtable

This roundtable in Brisbane on August 29 will focus on community and business governance in the era of climate change, with keynote speaker Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of The Upside of Down, and CPD fellow Ian Dunlop.


Environment policy in Australia: beyond 'business as usual'

The Centre for Policy Development is running a series of articles looking at how we can move beyond our current impasse on environmental policy. This series will attempt to unearth the basic principles that Australia’s policy makers need to uphold if true sustainability is to be achieved.



Fencing Wire and Mirrors: the World of the National Energy System

Gavan McDonell untangles the history and politics of Australia’s National Energy Market.


Is Australia's Climate Policy Gender Literate?

In this article, Ariel Salleh explores the interrelation of gender and climate change.


Climate Change and Human Rights

HREOC President, the Honourable John von Doussa QC outlines the Commission’s findings on the social and human rights implications of climate change.


A Just Transition

A Just Transition to a clean, renewable energy economy is urgent – and possible, argues Geoff Evans.


Emissions Trading: Good Governance Requires 100% Auctioning

In advance of the Garnaut Review’s final report, Iain McGill and Regina Betz argue that the introduction of a national Emissions Trading Scheme should see all permits auctioned rather than given away to industry.


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