Beyond Kyoto: Climate Change Policy in Multilevel Governance Systems (journal article)
by Barry G. Rabe
from Governance Vol 20 No. 3, pp. 423-444, July 2007
"Climate change increasingly presents itself as a challenge not only of international relations but also of multilevel governance, thereby creating considerable opportunity to learn from domestic policy experimentation"

Renewables Information 2007
Author: OECD
"Renewables Information brings together in one volume essential statistics on renewables and waste energy sources. Part I of the publication provides a statistical overview of 2005 developments in the markets for renewables and waste in the OECD member countries. It also provides selected renewables indicators for non-OECD countries. Part II provides, in tabular form, a more detailed and comprehensive picture, including 2006 preliminary data, of developments for renewable and waste energy sources for each of the 30 OECD member countries. It encompasses energy indicators, generating capacity, electricity and heat production from renewable and waste sources, as well as production and consumption of renewable and waste products. "

The Art of digital branding
Ian Cocoran

Covers the pivotal role the colour schemes and menu formats play in the perception of an online brand, and how to encourage and retain traffic flow through competitions, vouchers, and giveaways, moderated forums, or subscription-based membership.

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Climate change and Australian coastal shipping
Andrew Macintosh / Australia Institute
Concludes that "actively pursuing mode shifting from land modes to coastal shipping as a means of reducing emissions is unlikely to be an effective or efficient greenhouse strategy." - summary.

Climate change : getting it right

Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)

"The most important tools for addressing climate change are markets, prices and investment in low emission technologies." - page 3.

South East Queensland : towards a short-term water balance
Queensland Audit Office
Examines the systems used by the Queensland Water Commission to manage water usage and projected demand in drought conditions.

Automobile politics : ecology and cultural political economy
Matthew Paterson
Addresses the increasingly controversial debate on the place of the car in contemporary society and its contribution to environmental problems.
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EDMC Handbook of energy & economic statistics in Japan, 2007
Japan. Institute of Energy Economics. Energy Data and Modelling Center
Contains energy-related statistics for all sources, long range outlooks, comparisons with other countries, and energy demand by each major industry sector.
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Global warming, contemporary politics and the principle of least disruption (journal article)
by Tony Lynch and Bert Jenkins
from AQ, Vol. 79 No. 4, July - August 2007, pp. 30-35
"We must appreciate the intertial power of the Principle of Least Disruption, the depth of its grip on us, and then do all we can to overcome that inertia."

The Extreme future : the top trends that will reshape the world in the next 20 years
James Canton
"Discover the trends that will create risk and opportunity in the future, which include: the strategies businesses must implement to compete [and] the innovations that will transform the global economy." - cover.
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The benefit to the economy of early climate change action (journal article)
by Roger Jones
From Ecos, No. 137, June-July 2007, pp. 11-13
Climate change policy debates have been preoccupied with the economic cost of taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet recent assessments have reframed the question, focusing instead on the cost of inaction. In fact, the damage caused by unmitigated climate change may be the bigger threat to the global economy.

China Rising - growing pains of a superpower
New Scientist special issue
10 November 2007
This special issue has articles about the Innovation Nation; the people's quantum computer; beyond the great firewall; and stem-cell revolutionaries; small farmer/big pharma.
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ARIS design platform : getting started with BPM [book]
Davis, Rob & Brabänder, Eric

A practical text which explains how to this software package to create real business models, establish company-wide business process management and structure a process architecture.

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Pessimism, computer failure and information systems development in the public sector (article)
by Shaun Goldfinch
from Public Administration Review Vol. 67 No. 5 September/October 2007
The majority of information systems developments are unsuccessful. The larger the development, the more likely it will be unsuccessful. Despite the persistence of this problem for decades and the expenditure of vast sums of money, computer failure has received surprisingly little attention in the public administration literature. This article outlines the problems of enthusiasm and the problems of control, as well as the overwhelming complexity, that make the failure of large developments almost inevitable.

Energy in Australia : an overview of Australia’s energy sector and its regulation

Minter Ellison

Covers: "The Australian political and regulatory system", "The market for electricity", "Transmission regulation in the NEM", "State by state overview of the electricity market" and "Climate change - issues associated."

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Crude : the incredible journey of oil
Richard Smith
"Consults the leading international scientific experts to join the dots between geology and economy and provide the big-picture view of oil." - cover.
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Infrastructure to 2030. Vol 2. Mapping policy for electricity, water and transport

OECD

Takes a long-term perspective to explore how much investment will be required, and addresses some of the specific interdependencies among the different infrastructure sectors.

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Australian Infrastructure Review 2007
Published for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Australia
Includes articles on the Northern Economic Triangle, the Dept of Infrastructure’s Program Management Office, South East Queensland’s water projects and creating an inland port.
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Blogosphere: the best of blogs
by Peter Kuhns and Adrienne Crew
Covers: what a blog is, how to build your own blog, and the reviews the best political, environmental and current events blogs.
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Governing environmental flows - global challenges to social theory

edited by Gert Spaargaren, Arthur P.J.Mol and Frederick Buttel

Takes a different approach to developing environmental policy, and presents case studies on climate change, biodiversity, globalised food production and transport.

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