Blue Sky

Located in the far north of Sweden, architects Tham + Videgard Hansson Arkitekter have designed a hotel hidden in the trees.

Called the Treehotel and set just outside the small village of Harads, this is the creation of Britta and Kent Lindvall. They were inspired to build the hotel when an area of forest behind Britta's guesthouse was sold for logging. Instead of waiting for the inevitable to happen in a country where...

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Climate change and the consequential development of climate policy has run at times parallel pathways when comparing Australia to New Zealand. Both countries have consistently supported the need to reduce greenhouse gases and have developed policies to implement carbon trading schemes. In New Zealand, carbon trading was initially proposed by the then Labour government, however an election intervened, the Labour party lost office and the incoming National party parked the proposal until a thorough review was completed. Subsequently, National has adopted a revised version of the carbon trading policy and the New Zealand ETS came into effect on 1 July 2010.

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New Zealand's specialist carbon markets information service, Carbon News has reported on our CO2 New Zealand announcement Taupo to benefit from full service carbon company. They write:

Six iwi have joined forces with an Australia carbon forestry company and are looking to mop up land in the Central North...

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Last week we attended the Australia & New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference in Sydney. With the recent launch of CO2 New Zealand, the conference presented a timely opportunity for both CO2 Australia and CO2 New Zealand to exhibit.

Our CEO Andrew Grant represented the forestry sector in the opening panel discussion 'How will we reduce carbon emissions by...

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CO2 Australia's Commercial Manager Ash Shilkin shares the colour, warmth and humility of a traditional meeting with members of New Zealand's largest Maori tribes.

On arriving in New Zealand, we knew that a lot had to be achieved to finalise the expansion deal. Little did we know it would involve our CEO singing a song, and touching noses with numerous Maori tribe members. The first morning of a two day trip to New Zealand was spent with our New Zealand Partners; James Moulder and Greg Adlam (Carbon & Energy Partners), and Pelenato...

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As leader of Australia's largest carbon offset company, I believe it's timely to make some pointed and public observations on climate policy options ahead of the federal election.

I say "pointed" because, quite frankly, the bizarre twists and turns of Australian climate policy-making mean it's impossible for any company to commit to a business model, or for the public to believe anything tangible is planned.

Sir Humphrey Appleby - the infamous sitcom public...

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Prince Charles has accused climate change sceptics of peddling "pseudo science" and bullying governments.

The Prince of Wales said those who question whether human activity is causing global warming and climate change are intimidating governments into not "adopting the precautionary measures necessary to avert environmental collapse", the Daily Mail reports.

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The end of the government's Greenhouse Friendly scheme - and the lack of a suitable replacement - has left many companies in difficulties.

The bureaucratic bungle is forcing buyers to look overseas for carbon credits and sending carbon-offset companies out of business.

"It is a hard enough industry as it is without ill-conceived and bloody-minded policy positions that are illogical," said Andrew Grant.

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Australia and other heavy polluters should set a carbon price to combat rising emissions rather than rely on the UN or targets, a new report recommends.

The paper co-written by Australian economist and Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin argues that the United Nations is on the wrong track with its targets-based approach.

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Look around! We are seeing an emerging consensus on the need to put a price on carbon.

Of course, once it has been agreed that there needs to be a price on carbon, economists then like to debate how this should be done. Some economists like a carbon tax, most argue strongly that an emissions trading scheme is better.

At CO2 Australia we also think an emissions trading scheme is better. Why?

First we need to focus on the problem we're trying to fix - that is greenhouse gas emissions going into the atmosphere. Most...

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