Published articles

The following published articles have been written by Fiona Wain, CEO Environment Business Australia.

Take five
Issue 2, 2010
In light of recent political debate, you might be forgiven for thinking an emissions trading scheme is the be-all and end-all of Government action on climate change. But according to Environment Business Australia, Mr Rudd needs at least five more projects on his shortlist.
Article published in Sustainability Magazine, www.sustainabilitymagazine.com.au

Collaboration or competition over new markets, new industries, new jobs?
18 June 2010
Fiona Wain discusses the importance of regional collaboration rather than competition in this Australia and EU approach to energy and environment published by Stroudgate.

Full article text (PDF 300KB)

Future mix
26 May 2010
In a feature article in the May/June issue of the magazine Energy Source & Distribution, Fiona Wain describes her vision for Australia's 'new markets, new industries, and new jobs' which brings together technologies, financiers and project developers to demonstrate that tackling environmental, economic and food and fuel security issues together offers unprecedented commercial opportunity as the 'next great technology era' is developed. For example, aggregating a number of smaller supplies of solar and wind energy, combined with co-gen and tri-gen projects could make cities energy self-sufficient while also producing urban supplies of potable water with clean energy desalination projects. Full article: Word format (15KB) / PDF format (2MB)

ETS delay announcement
28 April 2010
EBA's Fiona Wain added a 'scathing attack on the delay', following the Government announcement of a deferral in the establishment of an ETS. In the Herald Sun article, Fiona said, "It would be economic insanity to defer the main catalyst to action on climate change". The economic opportunity for the low-carbon and environmental goods and services sector is being lost while "Australia could lead in some niches of this sector because of its vast renewable energy resources and carbon-depleted soils". She added "The emissions trading scheme is not a new big tax..it is part of the important investment in our future".

EBA puts the case for biological sequestration to be part of Australia's green solution
February 2010

ET, ETS and a climate Bond
April 2008

Innovation China
March 2008

Cleantech & emissions trading
March 2008

Emissions trading taskforce should focus on opportunities
March 2007

Huge opportunities ahead in making our economy smarter, more efficient and greener
March 2007

PM must follow Blair on CO2 cuts
March 2007

Why climate change is the next big opportunity
February 2007

Huge opportunities ahead in energy efficiency, zero emissions energy, and carbon offsets - so start now on emissions trading
January 2007

Carbon deal is essential for growth
January 2007, AFR

From IT to ET. The challenge ahead of the world is to build prosperity by addressing the opportunity side of tackling climate change.

Emissions trading the right way to go
November 2006

Howard blows hot and cold on emissions
November 2006

Australia's cleantech innovation can help developing countries

India is in a quandary
Like China it wants to industrialise and provide a higher standard of living but is currently locked in to coal as a major source of energy with its attendant air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
December 2006

Counting the cost of collateral damage
A systemic flaw in economic tools such as taxation and subsidies makes the status quo look less costly than environmental change.
April 2006

Climate action needs technology
January 2006

Looking to the futurists
September 2005 VIVE magazine

New strategies for the war against carbon
A "global toolbox" containing incentive and penalty tools is the centrepiece of a radical new approach suggested by Environment Business Australia
December 2004

NEW Tools and old myths
Climate change action - a toolbox for transition
A discussion paper issued by Environment Business Australia at CoP10, Buenos Aires December
2004

Protect our wealth-generating assets
In the current climate of apathy, timidity and entrenched short-termism, the environment is an urgent priority
August 2005

Funding our future environment
Some argue that a levy, or the full sale of Telstra, should fund Australia's environmental initiatives
December 2002

Building wealth through environmental health will depend on innovation today
December 2002