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Green files

a blog by Dr Turlough Guerin

Latest 'Green files' blog entry

Wrestling for a share of green business in China

Dr Turlough Guerin

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...

 

Previous 'Green files' entries

The Federal Government’s Green Paper on Emissions Trading

After the highly anticipated release of Professor Garnaut’s report and the Federal Government’s Green Paper, blogger Dr Turlough Guerin talks about his concerns that neither the Garnaut report nor the Green Paper mentioned telecommunications as being part of the suite of low-emissions technologies required to enable Australia to meet its emission reductions targets. More...

Breaking the virtual meeting barrier

Dr Turlough Guerin discusses how the rising fuel prices are the real drivers in the increased uptake of conferencing and collaboration technology. More...

What ticks you off about environmental “green” messages?

Dr Turlough Guerin joins the nowwearetalking blogging team with his Green files blog, where he tackles the big environmental issues like "greenwashing" and admits it's not easy being green. More...