http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au Growing Australian Prosperity in a Greenhouse Age Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:46:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although I'm still on paternity leave and still wading through no sleep and nappies, I wanted to share with you a little buoyant info from the land of the long white cloud.  Phillip Mills, prominent NZ businessman who wrote a NZ Herald piece talking alot about my book earlier in ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2010/03/nz-wants-to-lead-the-clean-ind-revolution/ Have you ever been at dinner parties, at the pub or talking with your in-laws and the topic of global scientific conspiracy comes up over climate change? For me, I usually say something like 'I can assure you there is no debate on the fundamentals of climate change within climate ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2010/02/iphone-app-and-the-urban-heat-effect/ Tracy Bowden at the 7:30 Report did another piece on the eternal entertainment of the eccentric Lord Monckton who claims that climate scientists are part of a grand conspiracy to dupe the world.  I was interviewed as part of the story and can be viewed here.   Penny Sackett, the chief ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2010/02/andrew-bolt-gets-lord-monckton-to-perform-brain-surgery/ To start the new year off I was on a climate debate on Sunrise on Monday with a conservative UK political advisor - see the video (and crazy comments) here if you can bear it. For those wanting some sort of insight into where we are in Australia in 2010, ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2010/01/lord-monkcton-debate-and-the-war-on-climate-science/ Harley Oliver and UNSWTV  have released the second part of the book documentary with a much better and relaxed performance by Ben :) Happy holidays to all.  The Prosperous Greenhouse: Part 2 http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2009/12/book-documentary-part-2/ It is like being in another world when arriving into Copenhagen for the global climate climate summit this week.  On the connecting flight I had from Zurich to Copenhagen on Monday morning, the IATA (international airlines association) issued a pamphlet to every passenger on there goal of reducing emissions by ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2009/12/copenhagen-to-hopenhagen-to-chaosenhagen/ Just like the Dow Jones Index tells us about stock market indicators, a new Climate Change index has been launched by an international science program (IGBP) of the Swedish academy of sciences.  It is a simple and illustrative way to look at all climate change indicators each year and cumulatively. ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2009/12/new-climate-change-index/ The Sydney Morning Herald published a piece of mine today in its Copenhagen special report.  In Australia, we've been obsessed about either the fictituious debate over the science of climate change or the morals of saving polar bears, but the global economy is shifting rapidly to a low carbon economy.  ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2009/12/why-carbon-targets-arent-a-feel-good-exercise/ The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, in question time yesterday noted the major outcomes from our report 'The Copenhagen Diagnosis'. You can read it in Hansard here. If you read the Hansard, while the Prime Minister was reading out some of our findings, there were interjections from Dennis Jensen MP ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2009/11/pm-rudds-reponse-to-coalition-shouts-in-parliament-there-is-cooling/ Over a year in the making, I have helped co-lead a group of 26 prominent international climate scientists research and write a report called 'The Copenhagen Diagnosis': a worldwide update on the latest indicators and observations relating to climate change. It has been a large effort on behalf of ... http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au/2009/11/global-climate-scientists-release-the-copenhagen-diagnosis/