Writer
Oliver Howes
Oliver Howes was a writer-director at Film Australia and an independent producer, making documentaries and feature films. He has worked for the PNG government, in Japan and in Pacific states
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Nature’s right: a world with limits, to fossil fuels and population
The lessons of climate change are in the numbers, but the fundamental lesson is the most difficult one — on our human numbers. Continue reading »
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Tracing the carbon loophole and other trade secrets that lead to unaccounted emissions
As rich countries develop they cast a shadow over their poorer trading partners. Australian research is exposing these hidden ecological and social costs. Around the world, unaccounted emissions in internationally traded goods and services are estimated at over a quarter of global CO2. This undermines the Kyoto Protocol and threatens the future of the Paris Continue reading »
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Long after the Rio Earth Summit, a chance for sustainable Australia?
With climate change and biodiversity losses continuing, Australia’s Environmental-Economic Accounts channel fresh ideas on our stewardship of the land, testing our success or failure. Continue reading »
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OLIVER HOWES. Net-zero carbon, CSIRO and Big Australia
While net-zero carbon needs our nation-wide commitment, an older national ambition competes for primacy – Big Australia. CSIRO reports have plans for our future, but can’t please everyone. Continue reading »
