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Greenhouse Gas Emissions

ABS Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics

  • Year: Various
  • Author: Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: All
  • Scope: Divided by: State: All
    Region: No
    Industry: Yes
  • Regularity: Various
  • Nature of Data (Primary/Secondary): Primary

Includes data on energy-related, transport and other emissions. This resource provides a wealth of publications on regional issues, including specific reports and statistics relating to greenhouse gas emissions. As a collection, these publications provide valuable information on regional greenhouse gas emissions. Report Locationhttp://www.a ....

Audit of Renewable Energy Projects in the Goldfields-Esperance Region

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: SkunkWorks Engineering
  • Publisher: RDA Goldfields Esperance
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

RDA commissioned this report to contribute to the successful development of renewable energy projects within the Goldfields Esperance region.    Report Locationhttp://www.rdage.com.au/uploaded/files/client_added/Audit%20of%20Renewable%20Energy%20Projects%20WEB.pdf ....

Australian agriculture: creating a climate of change for a changing climate

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: King, H
  • Publisher: Australian National University
  • Country: Australia

Australian agriculture both contributes to and is vulnerable to climate change. It is Australia‟s second highest greenhouse gas emitting sector, although this does not account for carbon sequestration, and is the sector most vulnerable to climate change with production expected to fall in the absence of effective abatement action. Sustainable f ....

Carbon, biodiversity and regional natural resource planning: towards high impact next generation plans

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Allan Dale, James McKee, Karen Vella & Ruth Potts
  • Journal Name: Australian Planner
  • Journal Number: 50.4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Published Location: United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 2150-6841
  • Country: Australia

Given the increased importance of adaptation debates in global climate negotiations, pressure to achieve biodiversity, food and water security through managed landscape-scale adaptation will likely increase across the globe over the coming decade. In parallel, emerging market-based, terrestrial greenhouse gas abatement programs present a real opp ....

Climate Change and Regional Communities: Towards Sustainable Community Behaviour in Ballarat

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Braun, Patrice; McEachern, Steven
  • Journal Name: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The
  • Journal Number: Vol. 16, No. 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

This paper presents the findings of two surveys conducted on behalf of BREAZE, a Renewable Energy and Zero Emissions community group in the Ballarat region. The research presented in this study was designed to identify the group's effectiveness in supporting its members to achieve zero emissions. Another objective of the research w ....

Earthworker Cooperative: green jobs for Australia

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Kerin, Dave
  • Journal Name: Chain Reaction
  • Journal Number: Vol. 113,
  • Country: Australia

Earthworker Cooperative is a social enterprise with a mission to create solutions for transitioning Australia's workforce into a low carbon economy. It aims to create jobs, build social capital and protect the environment in local communities through the manufacture of renewable energy infrastructure. The cooperative factories will ....

Ethanol - a Credible Diversification Opportunity for Non-metropolitan Regions of Australia

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Miles, Robert
  • Journal Name: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The
  • Journal Number: Vol. 12, No. 1
  • Country: Australia

Interest in ethanol production is rising rapidly throughout the world as countries strive to address the declining stock of fossil fuels, pollution problems and meet their obligations under the Kyoto protocol. While ethanol provides a clean and green option as a fuel extender, within Australia the debate over the investment in etha ....

Green-changing: A research-based collaboration with a tree-changed rural community

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Darbas, Toni; Williams, Rachel; Graham, Sonia
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 20, No. 3
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

A research-based collaboration with a rural community engaged with the risks and opportunities involved in renewable energy production. Natimuk Township, within the Victorian wheat and sheep belt, is atypical in its renewal by tree-change migrants attracted by the nearby rock climbing destination of Mt Arapiles. The collaboration a ....

Identifying on-farm management practices aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from sugarcane primary production

  • Year: 2003
  • Author: Park S; Lisson S; Harper J; Milford B; Thorburn P
  • Journal Name: Solutions for a new environment: Australian Agronomy Conference
  • ISBN: 0973031309
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

A scoping study was undertaken to assess the potential for sugarcane growers to implement practical and effective abatement strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from sugarcane cropping. A range of management practices was explored for the Herbert River Qld region and the impact of the different agronomic regimes on annual ....

Impact of Prescribed Fires on Downwind Communities

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Reisen, Fabienne; Brown, Steve K
  • Journal Name: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, The
  • Journal Number: 115
  • Country: Australia

Prescribed fires are conducted each year across Australia for fuel management and/or ecological reasons. In some regions, during the period of intensive prescribed burning, large quantities of hazardous air contaminants may be emitted and may exceed urban air quality guidelines. The impact on community health will depend on what ha ....

Impact of water scarcity in Australia on global food security in an era of climate change

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Qureshi, M Ejaz; Hanjra, Munir A; Ward, John
  • Journal Name: Food Policy
  • Journal Number: 38
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd.
  • Published Location: Kidlington, United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 03069192
  • Country: Australia

Australia is a major food exporting country. Recent droughts reduced dryland farming production and the volume of water allocated to irrigated agriculture, with a resulting decline in aggregate agricultural production and exports. This paper analyses the possible impact of increased water scarcity on Australian agricultural production and the mag ....

Integrated analysis for a carbon- and water-constrained future: An assessment of drip irrigation in a lettuce production system in eastern Australia

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: Maraseni, TN; Mushtaq, S; Reardon-Smith, K
  • Journal Name: Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal Number: 111
  • Publisher: Academic Press Ltd.
  • Published Location: United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 03014797
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

The Australian Government is meeting the challenge of water scarcity and climate change through significant on-farm infrastructure investment to increase water use efficiency and productivity, and secure longer term water supplies. However, it is likely that on-farm infrastructure investment will alter energy consumption and therefore generate co ....

Land Use, Climate Change and Emissions Trading: European and International Legal Aspects of the Post-Kyoto Process

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Ekardt, Felix; Hennig, Bettina; von Bredow, Hartwig
  • Journal Name: Carbon & Climate Law Review : CCLR
  • Journal Number: Vol.5, No.3
  • Publisher: Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
  • Published Location: Berlin, Germany
  • Country: Europe

Land use in general accordingly addresses many aspects. Besides the provision of foodstuff on the premise of long-term global food security, land use should also serve goals like maintaining biodiversity, sustainable supply of raw materials, energy supply, recreation and health. Report Locationhttp://search.proquest.com/docview/921463 ....

Local adaptation responses in climate change planning in coastal Queensland

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Zeppel, Heather
  • Journal Name: The Australasian Journal of Regional Studies
  • Journal Number: Vol. 18 No. 3
  • Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association
  • Published Location: Armidale, NSW
  • ISBN: 1324-0935
  • Country: Australia

This paper reviews adaptation actions in climate change strategies by four urban Queensland coastal councils (e.g. Cairns, Gold Coast, Redland, and Sunshine Coast), and two community-based climate action plans for Bribie Island, and the Noosa Biosphere. The actions in these six plans are analysed for their adaptive response categories: Emphasisin ....

Natural advantage: a blueprint for a sustainable Australia

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Krockenberger M; Kinrade P; Thorman R
  • Publisher: Australian Conservation Foundation
  • Published Location: Fitzroy VIC
  • ISBN: 0858021579
  • Country: Australia

A blueprint for sustainable management in Australia outlines the challenges and opportunities faced, and provides a strategic framework for using the environment to drive the economy. The key initiatives explored include development of a national approach to sustainability reform, a long term commitment to land and water repair, en ....

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