The Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency releases official projections of its greenhouse gas emissions annually. The previous projections were released in early 2011 (referred to as the 2010 projections). Since the release of the 2010 projections, the Department of the Treasury released modelling in mid-2011, entitled Strong Growth Low Pollution (SGLP), which [...]
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This economic evaluation refers to the investment in the Managing Climate Variability Program (MCVP) Phases II and III. The aim of the program is to help primary industries and natural resource managers manage the risks and exploit the opportunities afforded by Australita’s variable and changing climate by: improving forecasting accuracy, lead-time and ease of use, providing tools and [...]
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In May 2009 the Macalister Demonstration Farm (MDF) made a successful application to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under the Farm Ready Program for a project known as the ‘Carbon Ready Dairy Demonstration’ to identify the source and size of carbon emissions generated by normal operations and then to use this information to develop a Carbon [...]
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