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Climate change review to cover coastal planning
Posted by Australian: Sid Maher on September 20th, 2011
Australian: COASTAL planning laws and building regulations face a Productivity Commission inquiry as doubts emerge over how local councils will deal with the effect of a carbon price on rubbish dumps.
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet and Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten announced the inquiry yesterday into regulations and policies that may be barriers to adapting to climate change.
The inquiry follows government reports showing coastal housing and infrastructure is at risk from rising sea levels.
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Australia: Climate change ‘long drought’
Posted by Australian: Sid Maher on January 9th, 2011
Australian: THE term "climate change" could be replaced by "climate challenges" if a federal commissioned marketing study is taken onboard.
The study of attitudes to climate change among farmers, commissioned by the Agriculture Department, found only 27 per cent of those surveyed believed human activity was causing climate change, compared with 58 per cent of urban dwellers.
As well, primary producers are "very resistant to carbon trading". "It fills them with dread, and there were strong negative reactions...