By Staff Writer The Victorian Government has teamed up with a Canadian counterpart to tackle climate change following the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor announced that the Victorian Government had become an official partner with the Canadian State of Saskatchewan and pledged to work together on climate change research […]
22 December, 2009
By Angela Dorizas A delegation consisting of mayors of Australia’s largest cities will join leaders from around the world at the UN’s Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen. Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, and Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle, will attend the Climate Change Summit for Mayors, which will run parallel to […]
7 December, 2009
By Rob O’Brien Local government are the only level of government to act decisively on climate change, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle, has said ahead of the UN’s Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen. Cr Doyle is part of a delegation, consisting also of Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, that […]
7 December, 2009
By Angela Dorizas Local Government should pursue its key role in climate change adaptation despite the defeat of an emissions trading scheme in the Senate this week. Speaking ahead of the UN’s Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) president, Geoff Lake, said local and federal government had formed a bond over the […]
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