Jennifer Marohasy

I have come to believe that the official expert advisory process, and the IPCC process within it, are seriously flawed… Two related forms of evidence have brought me to this view. They represent findings on my part, not presuppositions.
First is the evidence that work which the IPCC and its member governments have drawn on has [...]

A world tariff war driven by Europe and the US over greenhouse gas emissions is likely unless there is a strong global agreement to prevent climate change.   Read more here.

A shake-up in the way the “boom and bust” carbon markets are working in Europe is being urged ahead of tomorrow’s auction of new emission certificates by the UK government.  Read more here.

SPAIN has business leakage, California has banned all coal-based electricity, cap and trade creates vested interests in property rights – these are some of the issues economist Alan Moran reports on in his summary of the recent Climate Change Conference in New York.  
Dr Moran also notes that scientists at the conference did not agree on whether [...]

Cartoon by Nicholson from ”The Australian” newspaper: http://nicholsoncartoons.com.au

US Senator Kent Conrad said that it would be a “distant hope” to expect the climate change plan to pass unless it includes help for industries that would be hit hard by limits on carbon emission production.  Read more here.

Australian economist Alan Moran considers the advantages of taxing versus trading to reduce carbon emissions and concludes the best policy for Australia is to do nothing till 2020, then catch up by 2050, given the Treasury’s estimate at 3 percent of GDP.  Read more here.

Cartoon by Nicholson from ”The Australian” newspaper: http://nicholsoncartoons.com.au

THERE is a lot less “stuff” being produced in the US and China as a consequence of the financial crisis. 
According to Joe Kishore writing at The World Socialist Website:
“Manufacturing in the US is collapsing, with a key index falling to its lowest level in 20 years on Friday. Other figures released yesterday show a downturn [...]

The Church of England’s Church Commissioners have gone green, investing £150 million with former US Vice-President Al Gore’s environmentally minded investment firm, Generation Investment Management.  Read more here.