With its ETS supported by 148 of 151 voting politicians, South Korea sees ‘green growth’ as an opportunity and a potential competitive advantage.
Resource Efficiency
Brain-powered, solar-powered recycling
A Finnish-made robotic recycling system that works like the human brain is now set to be run on solar power.
Video – how to overcome our resource restraints
Fraser Thompson of the McKinsey Global Institute talks about the challenge of managing limited resources.
Must read: End of an era, how to defend life on Earth
It is, perhaps, the greatest failure of collective leadership since the first world war…
Rio +20: Emerald linings amid the gloom
Earth Summit II marked the rise of emerging economies, and highlighted the importance of sustainable growth, and the economic value of nature.
There’s more to good policy than increasing GDP
As long as debate about Australian economic policy is framed around maximising the growth rate of GDP, we’re going to get the wrong answers.
Major economies facing decline in sustainable growth: report
Various large economies show significantly lower growth when natural capital is factored into growth indicators, a new report and index show.
Do carbon labels change consumer behaviour?
A recent study has found that shoppers would switch to eco-friendly, lower-carbon emissions groceries, but they’d probably need to be cheaper, too.
Why preserving biodiversity is really, really important
A new study explains how biodiversity loss could irreversibly damage the ecosystem’s ability to do some very useful things – like supply fresh water.
Great Barrier Reef face off: coal vs conservation
The Commonwealth must tread extremely carefully with coastal infrastructure development. The Queensland government, meanwhile, can afford to be gung ho.
