MALCOLM Turnbull will today reveal that thousands of jobs could be saved in crucial industrial regions under his rival emissions trading design, claiming it delivers the same pollution reductions as the Rudd government's scheme at a fraction of the cost to households and businesses. Modelling by Frontier Economics found the Coalition's plan to force electricity generators to buy permits only for extra emissions above a "best practice" baseline, rather than for all... Read More

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has put jobs and climate change at the centre of Labor's agenda towards the next election, flagging a $100 million plan to create 50,000 green jobs and training opportunities. The announcement was the centrepiece of his speech to Labor faithful at the start of the three-day ALP national conference today. He took to the stage with much less fanfare than two years ago, when Labor was just months away from what turned out to be a successful federal... Read More

Every year, more than 15 million hectares of tropical forest — an area larger than the state of New York — are cut down, releasing millions of tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Without action now, many of the world’s tropical forests will be lost by this century’s end. With these forests we will lose important species, natural resources and local livelihoods, as well as the opportunity to slow climate change. In fact, recent studies show that... Read More

A declaration issued by political leaders meeting at the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, included a strong statement on the need to include forest conservation in a future climate agreement. Deforestation accounts for nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a larger source of emissions than all the world's cars, trucks, ships, and airplanes combined. "Aware that deforestation accounts for approximately 20% of annual CO2 emissions, and that forests are an... Read More

Bob Geldof, who collaborated with Michael Jackson on the 1985 Live Aid song We Are The World, paid tribute to the deceased pop star today as he unveiled a musical coalition that will record a new version of Midnight Oil's Beds are Burning as part of a global campaign to tackle climate change. Geldof will work with artists including Duran Duran on the initiative, unveiled at the Cannes Lions International  Advertising Festival. The plan to record a new version of Beds are... Read More