Bulletin (PDF 18.3 MB) - City of Armadale

Information BulletinCorrespondence & PapersPage Cor-16The Review Update will consider:• international developments on climate change mitigation efforts;• developments in climate change science, and understanding of climate change impacts;• previous proposals to develop a carbon price in Australia, and the ensuing public debate;• domestic and international emissions trends;• changes in low emissions technology costs and availability;• the potential for abatement within the land sector; and• developments in the Australian electricity market.Throughout the Review Update, consultation with key stakeholders will be held tounderstand views and inform analysis. A series of publicly released papers will be preparedbetween November 2010 and March.Quote of the week"Short-changing girls is not only a matter of gender discrimination; it is bad economics and bad social policy. Experiencehas shown, over and over again, that investments in girls' education translate directly and quickly into better nutrition forthe whole family, better health care, declining fertility, poverty reduction and better overall economic performance." -from the Millennium Report issued by the World Economic Forum which declared that the adolescent girl can change theworldInternational newsA three-year study project examining the benefits the world gets for free from nature haspublished its final report. TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - hasgathered the best available economic evidence showing that the costs brought by thedegradation of ecosystems and the loss of biodiversity are nothing short of unaffordable forour societies. The European Commission is a major funder of the study, which was hosted bythe UN environment programme.NEXIS Workshop in SydneyGeoscience Australia will be hosting a workshop in Sydney to promote the use andrefinement of the National Exposure Information System (NEXIS). The system collatesinformation on buildings, people and infrastructure to develop a nationally consistentexposure profile for Australia. Exposure information is critical for risk management and hasa variety of other benefits for local governments.• It can assist with policy development and urban planning by better informing decision makers.• It can support risk assessments which identify areas of the community that are most vulnerable tohazards.• It can help emergency managers to prioritise tasks by providing building and population estimateswithin an affected area.The aim of the workshops is to create awareness of NEXIS capabilities and to expand uponits existing information. The workshops will examine the types of data that can be