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An Oxford-Style Debate on 'whether the future of renewable energy in Australia lies in small-scale or large-scale generation'
Held in conjunction with ECOGEN 2010 (www.ecogen2010.com).
Topic: Bringing renewables to the mainstream: only large-scale generation technologies can deliver on the renewable energy targets and beyond.
Chair: Dr Attilio Pigneri, Australian Association for Hydrogen Energy
Affirmative Debators:
Vincent Dywer, Partner, Norton Rose Australia; Seb Henbest, Manager, Australia, Bloomberg New Energy Finance; and Jeff Serfass, President, Technology Transition Corporation.
Negative Debators:
Phil Harrington, Principal Consultant, Climate Change, Pitt & Sherry; Janice Larson, Head of Renewables for Government of British Columbia, Canada; and Adriana Downie,Chief Technology Officer, Pacific Pyrolysis.
Date: Tuesday 7 September 2010
Time: 5:00pm for 5:30pm start followed by discussion & informal drinks
Venue: Room Bayside 201, Level 2, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
Cost: Free. Drinks can be bought at the bar.
Please RSVP to thinktank@greencollarthinktank.org
Our Previous Events
Are we heading to a Green Trade War?
Moderator: David Pearce, Executive Director at Centre for International Economics Affirmative: Scott Davenport, Chief Economist at NSW Industry and Investment Negative: Dr Leo Yanes, Senior Consultant at Acil Tasman
Dates: Tuesday, 13th July until Sunday, 8th of August You can follow the current discussion or review previous discussion by clicking on the timeline above. You are able to contribute to the discussion directly at any time by entering your own comments in the comments box displayed at the top of the right hand column.
An Oxford Style Debate on 'Subsidisation is the answer to Australia's looming climate crisis'
Chair: Noel Peters, Climate Change Manager Oceania, DNV
Affirmative Debators:
Anthony Hobley, Global Head of Climate Change & Carbon Finance, Norton Rose;
David Jeffery, Principal Lawyer, DECCW;
James Schultz, Executive Director, GCS
Negative Debators:
Seb Henbest, Manager, Bloomberg New Energy Finance;
Emma Herd, Director Emissions & Environment, Westpac Institutional Bank;
Rob Nicholls, Managing Director, Carbon Training International
Date: Tuesday 13 July 2010
Time: 6:00pm for 6:30pm start followed by discussion & informal drinks
Venue: Lv 2, The Glenmore Room of the Occidental, 43 York Street (Cnr of Erskine St)
Cost: Free
Please RSVP to thinktank@greencollarthinktank.org
Making the green economy the new economy, An informal discussion with James Cameron, Climate Change Capital
Wednesday 9 June 2010
6:00pm for 6:30pm start followed by discussion & informal drinks
The Occidental Hotel
Level 2, Glenmore Room
43 York Street (corner of York and Erskine Streets), Sydney
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Paul Riethmuller wrote:
Maybe the EU could instigate a Green Trade war, but the difficulty with this is that the EU now is a much more diverse group of countries than it once was. With the accession of some of the former Soviet bloc countries into the EU, with their own environmental standards possibly questionable, it may be difficult for the EU to come down hard on countries it considers do not have appropriate policies. One wonders whether resource based industries - such as oil or uranium - could be brought into a Green Trade War. Criticisms are often leveled at the environmental damage that a lead mining operation might do to the environment, so could the products of such operations be caught up in a Green War? If so, this would spell bad news for many developing countries where regulatory standards may be lax.Organisation: University of Queensland
Posted on: August 4, 2010 2:28 pm
Paul Riethmuller wrote:
If there is the possibility of a green trade war, it is useful to identify the likely protagonists and the catalyst for the trade war. The trade dispute between Japan and the US in the early 1980s was caused by US concerns about the viability of the US auto industry. Does Scott have views as to the likely trigger for a Green Trade War? And which countries/groups of countries are likely to be protagonists?Organisation: University of Queensland
Posted on: July 26, 2010 4:19 pm
Pete Hooper wrote:
Id be keen to hear the experts thoughts on the influence of large global corporates like Tesco's and Walmart, and how they are now "asking" many of their suppliers to improve their carbon efficiency. In consideration of this, could it be argued, for example, that the NZ ETS is doing some NZ companies a favour, while some Australian suppliers will struggle to adjust and face the prospect of losing business?Organisation: GreenCollar Group
Posted on: July 21, 2010 4:44 pm
Vivian wrote:
Thanks for bringing such interesting points to the debate.Leo, I do agree with you on the power of consumers - markets are likely the most efficient way to move toward green/er trade. Consumer demands for such things as fair trade, organic, and certified rainforest alliance are really on the up and is changing our trade... slowly... perhaps it is too slow?
Consumer awareness and education needs to be more effective in order to really mainstream green. What do you think is the potential for a widespread international green standard, similar to the Carbon Trust label that might breakdown such things as emissions and water usage, that can provide the impetus for serious consumer behaviour shifts toward greener products and services?
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Posted on: 4:44 pm
Prashanth Shanmugan wrote:
Look forward to this debate, sounds interesting. Wonder if this green war will turn into a hot war? What is the current status of the French intention to introduce tariffs around high intensity carbon imports?Organisation: GreenCollar Think Tank
Posted on: July 15, 2010 11:50 am
Todd Davies wrote:
I just got back from China as part of a cleantech delegation from NSW, and there are two things which stood out in this area from my perspective:1. There is a definite possibly that carbon could be the be the next excuse to be a trade barrier.
2. In China, rather than resisting change they are transitioning rapidly to the low carbon economy, and there is a real risk that industrialised countries will be left behind.
Looking forward to seeing the experts debate this at the ThinkTank.
Organisation: Todd Davies Associates
Posted on: 10:55 am
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