Archive Events QLD

To create a sustainable future we need to understand the silos that limit us, so we can escape them. This session explores why and how we build them in the first place.. The challenge of creating a sustainable future is so large and the nature of the problems so fundamental, it is critical that we break out of our current thinking to design new solutions.

This presentation will highlight were the most cost effective energy efficiency improvements can be found in commercial buildings and the financial mechanisms by which these projects can be funded. The Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan is the first of six, ten-year plans for a fully decarbonised future, within 10 years.

Dr Barrie Pittock provides an update on how climate change is likely to affect extreme weather events, particularly floods. Barrie will describe human adjustments to 'living with floods' in the United States, describing eight forms of adjustment. After more than twenty years involvement in policy debates over water infrastructure in Australia and abroad, Dr Jamie Pittock argues that populist policies that confuse water storage and flood control, and promote more of the same water infrastructure technology would be a grave mistake.

Coal seam gas (CSG) has been identified as a key energy source and as a primary growth sector for Queensland industry, forecast to provide significant economic benefit for Queensland. But, this rapidly growing industry has generated intense interest and controversy.