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Climate Change Good Policy Adrian Whitehead Zero Emission Network
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Good Policy Smart Energy Use
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Renewables and Efficiency
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Costs Total Electricity Costs (A$/MWh) Coal 35 (70) Natural Gas 40 Hydro 60 Biomass 60 Nuclear 110+ (Not full life cycle costs) Wind 70-80 Photovoltaic 150 Geothermal 20-40 HDR Geo40-60 (not proven)
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Sustainable Future
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Good Policy Transport Orientated Design
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Urban Form
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Transport Hub
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Good Policy Carbon Price
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Taxes, Trading and Offsets
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Carbon taxes / trading and native forests First cut of E.regnans old growth release on average 400 t/C per ha return to state $6-7K per ha. With a carbon tax costs would increase by: $10 a ton = $4K per ha $25 a ton = $10K per ha $50 a ton = $20K per ha
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Good Policy Impetus for Change
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Why? - science and the risks Source: Largely from Stern Review on the economics of climate change October 2006 Page 195 pdf
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What's behind the problem
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Adrian Whitehead www. ZeroEmissionNetwork.org.au
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