by Dr Turlough Guerin, 21 August 2008
With China’s environmental market projected to be worth more than US$60 billion over the next five years, can Australian companies step up to the challenge to meet China’s need for clean, green technologies? Blogger Turlough Guerin says yes, but there are some hurdles for Australian vendors to get over first. Read more...
Australian businesses will have to wrestle for a share of green business in China China’s environmental challenges Often when we think of China we think of pollution and smog. Pollution is a weighty issue for the country and it has been estimated to cost the Chinese economy 7-10 per cent of GDP each year. Environmental impacts have been fuelled by long-term growth rates of 8-10 per cent, one of the highest of any country. To give you a sense of scale of the problems, 75 per cent of energy production is... More...