| EBA past forum and summit presentations and papers |
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| Environment Business Australia conducts a number of forums where the presenters do not provide formal papers or presentations. The forums listed below have had presentations provided. |
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The views expressed in the papers and presentations below may not necessarily reflect those views of Environment Business Australia.
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The Hon Andrew Mc Namara's speech from the EBA Forum- Brisbane 5 March 2008
SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE - Dinner with Professor Stephen Schneider- Is it too late or too expensive to avoid dangerous climate change?- held in Sydney 2 October 2007
Stephen Schneider is one of the world's most eminent and outspoken climatologists and environmental economists. In spite of the seriousness of the issue Stephen brings humour to his vast array of solutions. Stephen puts the problems and the solutions into straightforward de-jargoned language and crams more information into a talk than anyone else we know.
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SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE - is peak oil real?- held in Sydney 13 August 2007
Two international experts Dr Graeme Pearman (Link to presentation) and Ian Dunlop (Link to presentation) speak frankly about the foreseeable challenges we face, and the solutions that could pull back us from the brink of economic, environmental and social collapse. An ‘in the round’ event to take an in-depth look at how Australia will be affected and the additional implications for developing countries in the region. These are the issues that governments, business and the community need to be seeking answers for.
SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE - Finance - held in Melbourne on the 20 June 2007
Carbon trading - a new market. Rachel O'Neill, Director,Carbon Solutions Group, National Australia Bank
[Link to presentation]
Financing emission reduction projects.Craig McBurnie, Director, Financial Markets, ABN AMRO [Link to presentation]
The tools for transition. Tony Wood, Executive General Manager Corporate Communications and Government Relations, Origin Energy [Link to presentation]
Investing in cleantech in Asia. Peter Castellas, Director, Clean Technology Australasia and Fund Manager, Sustainable Melbourne Fund.
[Link to Presentation]
Long term investors in positive change. Michael O'Sullivan, Investment Manager, Environmental Infrastructure, JF Infrastructure.
[Link to Presentation]
SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE - Finance- held in Sydney
Financing emission reduction projects.Craig McBurnie, Director, Financial Markets, ABN AMRO [Link to presentation]
The tools for transition. Tony Wood, Executive General Manager Corporate Communications and Government Relations, Origin Energy [Link to presentation]
Long-term investors in positive change.Tim Hughes,Chief Investment Officer,Catholic Super
Insuring the risk.Tony Coleman, Chief Risk Officer, IAG [Link to presentation]
Carbon trading-a new market. Dr Ian Woods, Senior Analyst, AMP Capital.
The following link contains footage of the EBA Forum filmed by ABC Lateline.
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SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE - Technology
Energy efficiency – Jon Jutsen, Founder, Energetics [Link to presentation]
Hot rock geothermal – Dr Adrian Williams, Acting CEO, Geodynamics [Presentation not available]
Solar thermal with energy storage – Dr Keith Lovegrove, Solar Thermal Group Leader, ANU
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Wave energy and desalination – Dr Tom Denniss, Founder, Energetech[Link to presentation]
Clean coal – Alex Zapantis, Manager, Energy & Sustainable Development Rio Tinto Energy Group
[Link to presentation]
Biofuels from CO2-enriched algae - Dr Eric Dunlop, Chairman, Pan Pacific Technologies
[Presentation not available]
SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE - carbon credits and offsets - April 2007
Facilitator for the panel session is Robert Fowler, Abatement Solutions – Asia Pacific
Global markets for carbon offsets - Jeff Bortniker, CEO, Chatham Environmental Group USA
Forestry and investment in sustainable land management - Radha Kuppali, Manager, Business Development New Forest
Recycling materials, embodied energy, methane and soil carbon - Dr John White, Chairman, Global Renewables
Soil carbon -Mal Peters, former Chairman, NSW Farmers' Association
[Link to Presentation]
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| SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE- in a carbon trading World - an environmental infrastructure forum - February 2007 |
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| An intensive forum to investigate new carbon offsets for industry and new income sources for farmers. Helping farmers manage climate change - building up soil carbon, reducing NOX emissions, reducing vehicle emissions, use of biofuels. Craig Clifton, SKM |
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| Banking on soil carbon and sustainable agriculture - adding value to rural Australia. Andrew Colliver, Director, Consumer Sectors, Institutional Banking, NAB Capital |
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| Meeting market demand for green food by closing the carbon loop and recycling cities' food wastes and bio-solids - Hon Neil O'Keefe, Director, Water for Rivers; former Shadow Minister for Primary Industry |
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| Farmers can gain major production benefits plus gain significant opportunities in a properly constructed carbon trading scheme - Mal Peters, former Chairman, NSW Farmers' Association. |
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| Carbon Accounting - Jeff Baldock, CSIRO, Land |
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| SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE - Emissions trading Forum |
| December 2006 |
| Emissions trading is now generally seen as a necessary catalyst to action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The forum assisted EBA in fine-tuning a submission on the NETS paper. |
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Anthea Harris - National Emissions Trading Scheme (NETS) |
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| Cheryl Bowler - Energetic’s Senior Consultant, Environmental Markets |
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| Alan Tate Director, Cambiar |
| Andrew Grant, Managing Director, CO2 |
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| EBA Business and Sustainability Summit 23 October 2006, “Climate change is big business” |
| It’s 2008 – Australia is leading the world with its dynamic energy strategy, investors are leaping over each other to get part of the action. How did we get there? The Summit looked at the cost benefits of transition in the global economy, ways to seize opportunities, finance the tools of change, and find new ways to value the environment and avoid asset trophy. Speakers with presentations available |
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| Lord Oxburgh Former Chairman, Shell International |
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| Dr Barry Hughes,Consultant Economist to Credit Suisse Asset Management |
| The tectonic of economic change |
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| Dr Alan Dupont -Author of the Lowy Institute's paper "Heating up the planet" |
| The foreseeable national and international security challenges of climate change |
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| Bishop George Browning- |
| Meeting both the moral and the economic imperative |
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| Greg Paramor- Managing Director, Mirvac |
| An entrepreneurial opportunity to create market advantage |
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| Jon Stanford - Co-Chairman, Insight Economics |
| The price of success, the cost of failure; economic modeling on climate change |
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Professor Peter Cullen
Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists |
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Peter Cosier
Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists |
| How little climate change action would really cost Australia; a reality check |
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| Climate change forum. Tackling the foreseeable opportunities and risks of climate change. Seizing Australia's next competitive edge with technology, infrastructure and financing. |
| April 2006 |
Dr Fiona Wild
Environmental Affairs Advisor, BP |
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Bruce Thomas
Sustainability Manager Asia, Swiss Reinsurance Company. |
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| The business case for early action on climate change. An outline of the findings of the Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change. |
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Gerry Morvell
Co-Chair, Renewable Energy Taskforce, AP6 (Asia Pacific Clean Development and Climate Partnership) |
| International action and the AP6 technology push. What, where, and how fast? The technology push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the role of the six governments in the AP6. |
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Professor Peter Fisher
Central Queensland University |
| Climate proofing cities and urban regions |
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Dr David Brand
Director, New Forests |
| Profiting from Environmental Markets. |
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| Climate change forum. New Year, new solutions, new opportunities- February 2006 |
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Andrew Petersen
Partner, Environmental & Development Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal, EBA Director |
| The tangible outcomes of the Montreal Climate Change conference and the opportunities for the Australian environment industry. |
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Gerry Morvell
Australian Greenhouse Office, Co-Chair of the Renewable Energy APG |
| Taskforce: The role Australia will play in technology deployment. |
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Jonathon Jutsen
Founder & Director Energetics, EBA Director. |
| Energy efficiency the low hanging fruit that can save money, create jobs and reduce carbon emissions. |
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| EBA Business and Sustainability Summit - “Building on national prosperity- reducing the footprint. October 2005 |
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| "Rocky" Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City talked about the cities for climate action and the sustainability drive that is taking grass roots action to the pinnacles of power in the USA |
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| Greg Bourne, CEO of WWF, and former Regional President of BP, looked at what really keeps economies ticking |
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| ABC TV's Maxine McKew interviewed Greg and fellow panelists Rob Purves, President of WWF, and founder of the Purves Environment Fund; Andrew Petersen, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal; and Fiona Wain, CEO, EBA on how best to secure Australia's future prosperity. |
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| Allan Gyngell, Director of the Lowy Institute delved into international policy developments on sustainability, security and the global economy. |
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| Her Excellency Helen Liddell, the British High Commissioner to Australia, and former UK Energy Minister, provided a policy maker's perspective on energy and climate change and together with Dr Graeme Pearman, one of the world's leading climatologists, joined with a cast of international authorities in the "Crucial energy debate" these included Dr John White, Chair of the Uranium Industry Taskforce, and Managing Director of Global Renewables (recently awarded a UK $6 billion waste contract); Jonathan Jutsen the founder of Energetics; Dr John Wright, the head of CSIRO's Energy Transformed flagship and Bertus de Graaf, Managing Director of Geodynamics (whose deep hot fractured rock project may be capable of providing more energy than the North West Shelf). |
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| The session on 'Breaking the tension between the economy, industry, and the environment' featured Dr Neil Byron of the Productivity Commission; Dr David Brand, Managing Director of New Forests; and Dr Graham Harris, the former Chair of the CSIRO Flagship program; they discussed competition policy, productivity versus asset atrophy, and building resilience to avoid risk. |
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| Are capital markets ahead of regulation? Was the theme of pre-dinner speaker Roland Pfeuti, Head of Australasia Business for SAM Sustainable Asset Management. |
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| To round off the evening, Dr Tim Flannery spoke whose book ‘The Weather Makers” has been hailed as one of the most important books of our time. |
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| [Link to Papers and presentations] |
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| EBA forum – Climate Change- Seismic shifts for Australia |
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| March 2005 |
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Alan Tate, member of the International Task Force on Climate Change; Director, Cambiar; Deputy Chairman, Environment Business Australia
The International Task Force has released its far-reaching report with recommendations on future steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Significantly the Task Force has focused on ways that Australia can engage with Kyoto countries in seeking the deep GHG cuts necessary. Alan will take you through the report and its recommendations. |
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Andrew Petersen, Partner, Environment & Development Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal, EBA Director The Kyoto Protocol comes into force on the 16 th February,
Andrew will explore what this significant milestone means for Australian businesses. |
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| Business and Sustainability Summit 2004 |
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| Opening address The Hon Bob Carr, Premier, NSW . Having just hosted the International Taskforce on Climate Change, the Premier provided an up-to-the-minute focus on geo-politics and Australian solutions to climate change threats to eco-system stability and international security. |
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| Mark Lynas, Author, High Tide: News From a Warming World (UK). An outstanding opportunity to hear from the man who has climbed up to rapidly diminishing glaciers in the Peruvian Andes, suffered blinding dust storms in Inner Mongolia and waded through floodwaters in the drowning Pacific island archipelago of Tuvalu. Mark Lynas talked about the critical need to stabilise carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere ... or pay the ultimate price. Fortunately he knows there are solutions if we act quickly - a call to arms for the environment and sustainability industry. |
| [Link to Mark Lynas website] |
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| Mike Woods, Commonwealth Commissioner for Competitive Neutrality, National Productivity Commission . The NPC has recently released its draft paper on National Competition Policy highlighting that environmental factors are an important consideration in Australia's future prosperity and competitiveness. |
| [Link to Powerpoint] |
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| Robert Purves, President, WWF – Where do the environmental NGOs stand as the environment goes mainstream ? |
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| Peter Coates, CEO, Xstrata Coal - Facing transition – how hard is sustainability for the energy sector of the Australian economy? |
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| Andrew Todd, Australia's Commissioner-General to the Aichi World Expo, DFAT -The Aichi World Expo, a rare environment industry showcase opportunity |
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| Presentations from the Business and Sustainability Summit - Tuesday 25th November 2003 |
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| Stephen Hancock, Senior Principal/Director , URS - Future directions for EBA |
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| Dr Graham Harris, CSIRO (PDF) - Innovation for the market – what are the core areas for R&D and its commercialisation? |
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| The Hon Ros Kelly (PDF) - The growth of the Australian environment industry and its global importance |
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Shaun Mays, Author, the Mays Report (PDF) - Corporate sustainability – an investor perspective. Link to the Mays Report (PDF)
Paul J Perkins, Chair, Barton Group, and Chair, National Environmental Education Council (PDF) - The Environment Industry Action Agenda |
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| Bruce Thomas, Sustainability Manager, Asia, Swiss Re (PDF) - Risks, responsibilities and opportunities relating to climate change |
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| Robert Welsh, Chief Executive Officer, VicSuper (PDF) - The long-term role of superannuation funds in financing sustainability |
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| Mark Mills, Head of Australian Business, SAM Sustainable Asset Management (PDF) - Launch SAM Private Equity Fund |
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