Author Archives: Gordon Rogers

National Inventory by Economic Sector

The Australian National Greenhouse Accounts comprise the:

  • The Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory – December Quarter 2011;
  • State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2009/10;
  •  the National Inventory by Economic Sector 2009/10; and
  • the National Inventory Report 2010, prepared under the reporting provisions applicable to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Detailed emission estimates for each of these accounts are available online on the Australian Greenhouse Emissions Information System (AGEIS).

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Managing Financial Impacts and Reporting of Carbon Emissions

Managing Financial Impacts and Reporting of Carbon Emissions: A guide for CFOs is a guide designed to provide a starting point for CFOs and their finance teams to assist them to enhance the management of the financial impacts and reporting of carbon emissions.
This guide is based on information available as at 31 July 2009 in relation to existing and proposed regulations in Australia. While the details of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme may change, the core issues confronting CFOs will still need to be addressed.

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CSIRO Climate Change Report 2011

This book seeks to provide a bridge from the peer-reviewed scientific literature to a broader audience of society while providing the depth of science that the complex issue demands and deserves. The chapters cover what we have already observed in the global and Australian climate; how greenhouse gases affect climate; our modelling of the future; how we might adapt to and prepare for climate change and how we might mitigate to reduce greenhouse emissions. These aspects are all important as we seek a comprehensive response to climate change.

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