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  • We’re on the road: upcoming community forums

    We’re on the road: upcoming community forums

    Published on May 17, 2013. Written by

    The Climate Commission is pleased to announce we will be holding two community forums next month. The first will take place in Canberra on Monday, 17 June and the second will be held on the Gold Coast in Queensland on Wednesday, 19 June. The Gold Coast forum will be our 21st public forum held across [...]

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  • Australian innovators leading in solar technology

    Australian innovators leading in solar technology

    Published on May 17, 2013. Written by

    It has been a great few weeks for Australian innovators, who have demonstrated once again that we can lead in solar technology and benefit from the opportunities of acting on climate change. This week, world leading scientists at the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC – a collaboration between the CSIRO, Melbourne University, Monash University, [...]

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  • Three months in the Climate Commission

    Three months in the Climate Commission

    Published on April 18, 2013. Written by

    In the last three months the Climate Commission has continued to talk about climate change with communities across Australia, and has released four publications. Here’s just a taste of what we have been up to. In January we published a brief paper, Off the Charts, in response to the record-breaking heatwave that affected 70% of [...]

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  • Greening your outdoor living

    Greening your outdoor living

    Published on April 12, 2013. Written by

    To continue my theme of what individuals can do to help tackle climate change, this week I’ll be looking at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in outdoor living. Many households have a range of equipment for outdoor living, including swimming pools and spas, barbeques, lawn and garden equipment, and power tools and machinery. These all add [...]

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  • Solar systems soar

    Solar systems soar

    Published on April 5, 2013. Written by

    Australia has now officially exceeded one million rooftop solar panel installations.

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