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Climate change, Policy, Politics

162 – CSIRO and the Clive Spash controversy

23 November, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Recently CSIRO was in the news for allegedly suppressing the publication of a research paper that was critical of government policy on climate change. In

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Climate change, Policy

161 – Climate policy: an alternative approach

16 November, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

In Pannell Discussion 160, I argued that the current global approach to policy for climate change mitigation is doomed to fail. What’s the alternative?  The

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Climate change, Policy, Politics

160 – Tokenistic climate policy

19 October, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

If you are someone who believes that a strong policy response is required to avert dangerous climate change, the prospects of having your desires met

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management

159 – The cost of inaccurate data

28 September, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

How much does it matter if you use inaccurate data to inform a decision? It might matter less than you think. Here’s an example. Not

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management

158 – Using the wrong metric to prioritise projects is very costly

21 September, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Many different types of metrics are used to prioritise projects for funding. In some cases, the metrics used are not much better than completely uninformed

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics, Social issues

157 – Is the community an environmental “asset”?

14 September, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

In working with environmental managers and policy makers in the INFFER (Investment Framework for Environmental Resources) project, we aim to get clarity of thinking about

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