Monthly Archives: December 2010

Combet, the Greens and that carbon price

Getting the settings in place to curb our relentlessly rising carbon emissions is the public policy challenge of our age. At year’s end there’s some hope that we might be making progress. [28 December 2010 | Peter Boyer] It’s always … Continue reading

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Conversations around a Christmas table

Christmas is a reminder of how far we have still to travel to achieve universal peace and goodwill, but for all its problems life is still worth celebrating. [21 December 2010 | Peter Boyer] Christmas is family, friends and a … Continue reading

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Cancún: governments fiddling while the world burns

The latest UN climate conference brought some relief after Copenhagen, but it’s illusory. The diplomats and politicians continue to behave as if we’re making progress over emissions. The science says otherwise. [14 December 2010 | Peter Boyer] First, the good … Continue reading

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