Unprecedented expenditure on Australian infrastructure upgrades and construction projects continues to generate enormous quantities of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, posing both challenges and opportunities for Australia's waste management industry. How does Australia stack up against the rest of the world when it comes to efficient management of our C&D waste and incorporation of circular economy principles?
How will engineering and engineers of the future need to adapt in light of climate change?
This online collaborative event, jointly organised by Engineers Australia (WA Division) and the UWA Public Policy Institute, will bring together engineering professionals and researchers to explore the challenges presented by climate change and the likely impacts on engineering standards, training and policy.
The first topic relates to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is a United Nations body that assesses international scientific data related to global climate change. The IPCC presents the status of this data, the resulting global implications and potential future risks, as well as mitigation and adaptation options to reduce the rate at which climate change is taking place within regularly released Assessment Reports. The IPCC also produces topic–specific Special Reports at the request of its member governments.
For more details about TARGET see the newly created TARGET Industry Note, which includes the link to register for the online TARGET training to be delivered on 6 May, 2020.
Registration: https://uwa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6wJ-N60PQcKAbhOM8nGJZQ
Australia may soon introduce federal climate change legislation that will see Australia set a 2050 net zero greenhouse gas emissions target.
Unlike many countries including the UK, Germany, France, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, Australia doesn't currently have a legislated national framework for mitigating climate change or adapting to its effects.
