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Tag: policy making

That’s not what COPs are for

30 November 2023 Robert C. Hinkley Commentary, World affairs

COP28 is shaping up as The Predator’s Ball II. That’s not what COPs are for. Their purpose is to find a way to stop the emissions.

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A declaration to remove the threat of climate horror

20 November 2023 Robert C. Hinkley World affairs

An introduction to The Shoalhaven Declaration – a solution for ending the abuses to the environment – by changing the corporate law

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Global forum for urban leaders taking on the climate emergency

10 October 2021 Mik Aidt World affairs

Report from the virtual conference ‘Daring Cities’, co-hosted by the City of Bonn.

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Independent candidates put climate first

25 August 2021 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no 377 on 25 August 2021 are Zali Steggall MP and Robert Patterson from A Different Community Approach, ADAC, for a talk about climate bills and election strategy.

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Budget: The climate emergency response is in the detail

23 May 2021 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

Does the Geelong Council’s proposed budget reflect that the Council has acknowledged that we are in a climate emergency?
We took a benchmarking-look at what Queenscliffe and Surf Coast currently are doing in comparison.

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Geelong Council decides on climate action plan

28 July 2020 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

Geelong Council’s new climate action plan and policy paper demonstrate a little progress has been made on climate change within the city hall chambers.

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Gilbert Rochecouste: Glocal roadmap to a better future

30 April 2020 Mik Aidt Commentary, World affairs

Gilbert Rochecouste, the Melbourne-based agent of change who founded the world-renowned placemaking company Village Well, joins Mik in The Tunnel for a talk about what’s happening and where we need to go from here

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How to love your home with natural light and trikes

18 October 2017 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 18 October 2017 is Geelong Gallery’s deputy-director Penny Whitehead. On the phone we talk with Councillor Cathy Oke, chair of the City of Melbourne Environmental Portfolio. At the Humans in Geelong Expo, Tony meets

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Sustainability is another word for stability

6 October 2017 Mik Aidt Commentary, Local Geelong matters

On 3 October 2017, Geelong Chamber of Commerce organised a Candidate Forum at Rydges Geelong where each candidate was given 90 seconds to present his or her response to a number of questions and also summarise their policies and priorities.

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Amazing locals making a difference as temperatures rise

23 September 2017 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in the Sustainable Studio on 20 September 2017 are: Monica Winston, Transition Streets Geelong, Leigh Ewbank from Act on Climate, and Jacqui Bennett from Humans in Geelong. Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 187 on 94.7 The Pulse: »

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