Climate Change Good Policy

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Climate Change Good Policy Adrian Whitehead Zero Emission Network

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Adrian Whitehead Zero Emission Network. Climate Change Good Policy. Good Policy Smart Energy Use. Renewables and Efficiency. 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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Climate ChangeGood Policy

Adrian WhiteheadZero Emission Network

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Good PolicySmart Energy Use

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Renewables and Efficiency

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Costs

Total Electricity Costs (A$/MWh)Coal 35 (70)Natural Gas 40Hydro 60Biomass 60Nuclear 110+ (Not full life cycle costs)Wind 70-80Photovoltaic 150Geothermal 20-40HDR Geo 40-60 (not proven)

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Sustainable Future

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Good PolicyTransport Orientated Design

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Urban Form

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Transport Hub

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Good PolicyCarbon 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 PolicyImpetus 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