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A Quarter $Billion in climate change grants over three years 2010-2012

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I see the biggest single grant was $94Million in 2010 to birth the Australian Carbon Trust Limited headed by one Michael Rann – that later transformed into Low Carbon Australia which later again was integrated into the
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
CSIRO seems to be the biggest single grants recipient with about $48million – followed I think by the BoM with about $22million. Click more for hopefully a spreadsheet of the main details for all grants 2010-11-12



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Recipient Purpose Value
(GST Incl) $
Monash
University		 Support
funding to participate as a Coordinating Lead Author in the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate
Change Adaptation.		 55,000.00
The
Energy and Resources Institute		 Sponsorship
of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit		 45,000.00
Bureau
of Meteorology		 Improving
seasonal climate prediction capacity in the National Meteorological and
Hydrological Services of up to ten Pacific island countries		 1,780,000.00
Bureau
of Meterology		 To
allow BoM to continue assisting CSIRO in the development of ACCESS and
to continue research on climate feedbacks, the interaction between
climate variability and change, detection and attribution of climate
change and continue sea level monitoring		 2,285,800.00
Australian
Carbon Trust Ltd		 Funding
to establish the Australian Carbon Trust Ltd to roll out the Energy
Efficiency Trust and Energy Efficiency Savings Pledge Fund		 6,000,000.00
CSIRO Funding
for core Research – National Climate Change Science Framework		 5,536,300.00
HRL
Technology		 Presentations
to delegates from China’s Energy Research Institute on Australia’s
emissions measurement techniques.		 9,800.00
Australian
Academy of Science		 To
facilitate Australian involvement in the International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, the World Climate Research Programme and
the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research; and to Support the work
on terrestrial carbon cycle science through the Earth System Science
Committee and the Subcommittee.		 100,320.00
Geoscience
Australia		 Assessment
of climate change impact on groundwater in East Timor		 795,000.00
Australian
National University		 To
build a national capability to use data from the Gravity Recovery and
Climate Experiment (GRACE), a NASA space mission to assess ice sheet
dynamics in Antarctica and water availability in Australia.		 523,217.20
Fisheries
Research and Development Corporation		 Funding
for research addressing priorities in the National Climate Change
Adaptation Research Plan: Marine Biodiversity and Resources		 3,500,000.00
Australian
Local Government Association Limited		 Funding
Agreement for the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) 2010
National General Assembly		 50,000.00
Climate
Change and Business Centre Limited		 Sponsorship
of 6th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business
Conference.		 25,000.00
Antarctic
Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre		 To
assist ACE CRC researchers to create a single portal to existing and
future data relating to sea-level science. This data will provide users
such as policymakers, planners and asset managers, with estimated
likelihoods of future flooding. It will integrate effects such as
sea-level rise, tides, surges, waves, estuarine flooding and will be
generally applicable to the whole Australian coastline.		 150,000.00
Antarctic
Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre		 To
assist ACE CRC researchers to continue their investigations into the
impacts of ocean acidification on Southern Ocean calcifiers to inform
the scientific community, the Australian Government and international
intergovernmental decision makers (e.g. IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report).		 150,000.00
The
Australian National University		 Funding
for a research project to investigate the cost-effectiveness of private
and public emergency services for supplying food and water supplies,
under the Climate Change Adaption Research Grants Program		 94,050.00
Australian
Antarctic Division – Dr Ian Allison		 Support
to participate in the IPCC Workshop on Sea Level Rise and Ice Sheet
Instabilities.		 6,667.00
Australian
National University		 To
host and facilitate the 1st Australia-China Climage Change
Forum.		 249,609.00
Australian
National University – Dr Andrea Dutton		 Support
to participate in the IPCC Workshop on Sea Level Rise and Ice Sheet
Instabilities.		 8,666.00
James
Cook University		 Funding
for a research project to explore what helps a community recover from
several types of natural disasters and prepare for climate change
events, under the Climate Change Adaptatation Research Grants Program.		 122,844.70
Baker
& McKenzie		 Continuing
Australian Government support for Baker & McKenzie’s CDM
Rulebook – Clean Development Mechanism Rules, Practice & Procedures
 22,000.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community		 Grant
for the purposes of conducting a Tuna Modelling Research project to
assess the effects of climate change on Pacific tuna fisheries		 181,900.00
University
of Tasmania		 In
relation to coastal landform stability and climate change research –
developing a methodology for erosion risk analysis under climate change
integrating geomorphic and wave climate data sets.		 332,585.00
CSIRO Author
support for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.		 445,000.00
Australian
Green Infrastructure Council		 To
assist in the research and development of an adaptation component in a
national infrastructure sustainability rating scheme.		 440,000.00
CSIRO Investigating
the Tradeoffs and Policy Mechanisms in Managing Land Use as an
Adaptation Response.		 258,544.00
CSIRO Investigating
the costs and benefits of adaptation to coastal inundation.		 208,000.00
University
of New South Wales		 Author
support for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.		 145,000.00
Nathan
Bindoff		 Support
to participate in the IPCC Workshop on Sea Level Rise and Ice Sheet
Instabilities.		 6,667.00
Bureau
of Meteorology		 Author
support for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.		 162,000.00
Spatial
Information Systems Research Limited		 In
relation to funding for Phase 2, Urban Digital Elevation Modelling in
high priority regions.		 5,940,000.00
Engineers
Australia		 Updating
Engineers Australia’s guidelines for responding to the effects of
climate change in coastal and ocean engineering and sustainability
guidelines.		 275,000.00
James
Cook University		 Funding
for a research project investigating the impacts of increased
intensities of natural hazards on the built environment, and the
adaptation strategies to address these.		 311,713.60
Alice
Springs Town Council		 Roof
mounted solar collectors to provide solar water heating for the Alice
Springs Town Council Aquatic Centre		 165,000.00
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation		 To
assist CSIRO to: advance observations and analysis of oceanic,
terrestrial and atmospheric climate processes; undertake further
research on extreme events; further develop Australian climate
projections; and progress development of the Australian Community
Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS).		 7,748,400.00
Bureau
of Meteorology		 To
enable BoM to continue assisting CSIRO in the development of ACCESS and
to continue research on: climate feedbacks; the interaction between
climate variability and change; predicting future climate and its
extremes; detection and attribution of climate change; and continued
sea level monitoring.		 2,657,600.00
Grifith
University		 Funding
for a research project on Public understandings, Risk Perceptions and
responses to Climate Change and associated Natural Disasters, under the
Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program		 79,723.60
Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)		 Funding
for Agent based simulation framework for improved understanding and
enhancement of community and organisational resilience to extreme
events, under the Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program.		 88,588.50
University
of NSW		 To
allow UNSW to: produce a web based system to monitor changes in climate
extremes; evaluate the simulation of climate extremes by climate
models; perform formal detection and attribution studies of extreme
climatic events of importance for Australia; assess the role of
long-term climate variability in driving changes in climate extremes
and their future risk; and make a crucial contribution to the Fifth
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC).		 165,000.00
Geoscience
Australia		 There
are significant knowledge and capacity gaps that currently constrain
infrastructure adaptation, including a poor understanding of climate
change risks. This grant seeks to augment the National Infrastructure
Database to allow it to be used in undertaking climate change risk
assessments.		 1,565,000.00
Australian
Academy of Science		 Publication
of Climate Change Science Questions document.		 10,890.00
Australian
Council of Social Service		 Series
of workshops to inform community groups of potential climate change
impacts		 44,565.00
Climate
Institute		 Modelling
the effective price of carbon and clean energy initiatives in the
electricity sector of major economies.		 70,000.00
CSIRO Investigating
Opportunities and Challenges for Climate Adaptation and Resource
Efficiency in Coastal Australia.		 539,000.00
CSIRO Grant
for the purposes of conducting research into Ocean Wave Modelling.		 200,000.00
Monash
University		 Funding
for a research project: A spatial vulnerability analysis of urban
populations to extreme heat events in Australian capital cities.		 $305, 419.40
Uterne
Power Plant Pty Ltd		 To
design, construct and commission a 963.96 kW single-axis tracker grid
connected photovoltaic solar power station in Alice Springs		 3,639,895.60
University
of Melbourne		 Support
for Australian authors to participate in the IPCC Fifth Assessment
Report		 77,000.00
Australian
Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics – Bureau of Rural Sciences		 Support
for Australian author to participate in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 55,000.00
James
Cook University		 Assessment
of the risks of climate change driven coastal erosion and inundation
impacts on Torres Strait communities and the development of adaptation
options for specified Torres Strait Island communities		 440,000.00
Cook
Islands Public Service Commission		 Climate
Change Functional Review and Institutional Structure Development.		 25,500.00
Curtin
University of Technology		 Support
for Australian author to participate in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 55,000.00
Monash
University		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 55,000.00
Professor
Kurt Lambeck		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 27,500.00
University
of Queensland		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 82,000.00
James
Cook University		 Support
for Australian authors to participate in the IPCC Joint WGI/WGII Expert
Meeting on Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biology and
Ecosystems.		 6,000.00
The
Australian Academy of Science		 To
facilitate Australian involvement in the International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, the World Climate Research Programme and
the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research; and to Support the work
on terrestrial carbon cycle science through the Earth System Science
Committee and Subcommittee.		 227,150.00
The
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)		 Sponsorship
of the 2011 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit		 45,000.00
The
University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.		 65,000.00
Griffith
University		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.		 138,700.00
Antarctic
Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.		 120,000.00
Murdoch
University		 Support
for Australian author to participate in the IPCC Fifth Assessment
Report.		 55,000.00
Victoria
University		 Support
for Australian author to participate in the IPCC Fifth Assessment
Report.		 65,000.00
University
of Queensland		 Building
resilience to climate change in Solomon Islands.		 414,918.00
CSIRO Support
funding to participate as a Lead Author in the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report Managing the Risks of Extreme
Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation		 35,200.00
Australian
Carbon Trust Limited		 Funding
for the Australian Carbon Trust Ltd to roll out the Energy Efficiency
Trust		 94,906,000.00
  total 2010 144,084,314.20
2011    
Recipient Purpose Value
(GST Incl) $
emcSOLAR
through WA Office of Energy		 Solar
farm to reduce use of diesel for electricity generation in an off grid
area.		 1,716,269.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community		 Grant
for an analysis of adaptive capacity in relation to several SPC
agro-biodiversity/food security projects.		 64,380.00
Australian
National University		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.		 121,000.00
University
of Melbourne		 Provide
extended estimates of regional scale climate variables (temperature and
rainfall) to reduce uncertainties about climate change and its
potential impacts in the Australasian region over the past 500-2,000
years.		 123,035.00
Macquarie
University		 Support
for Australian Participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.		 62,370.00
Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology University		 Funding
for a research project: Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a
changing climate		 578,000.00
Australian
Red Cross		 Grant
for adaptive capacity analysis in Solomon Islands, Temotu province.		 13,797.30
Secretariat
of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme		 Support
for an initiative to strengthen national capacity to embed climate
change adaptation into national development planning and programming		 200,000.00
Noim
Uddin		 Support
for Australian Participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 60,500.00
Sandra
Schuster		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 62,370.00
University
of New England		 Funding
for a research project: Past, Present and Future Landscapes:
Understanding Alternative Futures for Climate Change Adaptation of
Coastal Settlements and Communities		 444,601.00
Local
Government Association of South Australia		 Funding
for a research project: Development of tools that allow Local
Governments to translate climate change impacts on assets into
strategic and operational financial and asset management plans		 320,000.00
University
of California Santa Barbara		 Building
resilience to climate change in Solomon Islands		 385,000.00
International
Institute for Sustainable Development		 Voluntary
contribution to IISD to assist with services		 125,000.00
OECD Voluntary
contribution to OECD work of the CCXG		 60,000.00
University
of New South Wales		 To
support research focused on climate extremes within the ARC Centre of
Excellence in Climate System Science		 220,000.00
Australian
Institute of Marine Science		 Support
for Australian expert to participate in the IPCC workshop on impacts of
climate change on wetlands to inform the Fifth Assessment Report		 4,000.00
The
University of Queensland		 Support
for Australian expert to participate in the IPCC workshop on impacts of
climate change on wetlands to inform the Fifth Assessment Report		 4,000.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community		 Grant
for the purposes of conducting food security analysis in the context of
a changing climate in the Federated States of Mirconesia. Additional
grant of US$61,833.00 approved on 20 February 2012 is included in the
overall value.		 513,833.00
ANU
Enterprise		 To
further develop economic frameworks for analysing climate change and
associated adaptation actions.		 350,000.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community		 Grant
for the purposes of conducting a workshop on human health impacts of
climate change in the Pacific		 7,500.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community		 Overview
paper on food security and climate change in the Pacific, including
analysis of Household Income and Expenditure Survey data		 128,050.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme		 Grant
for the purposes of conducting an international conference – “Lessons
for Future Action: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk
Reduction in Small Island Developing States”		 460,300.00
Government
of Kiribati		 Grant
for the purposes of conducting a national consultation on the Kiribati
National Climate Change Framework		 250,000.00
Griffith
University		 To
organise the IPCC Fourth Lead Author Meeting for the Special Report on
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate
Change Adaptation (SREX)		 143,000.00
University
of Wollongong		 Funding
for a research project: A model framework for assessing risk and
adaptation to climate change on Australian coasts.		 598,172.00
Antartic
Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre		 To
assist ACE CRC researchers to continue their investigations into the
impacts of ocean acidification on Southern Ocean calcifiers to inform
the scientific community, the Australian Government and international
intergovernmental decision makers (e.g. IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report).		 165,000.00
Australian
Local Government Association		 Funding
contribution for legal study – Climate Change Adaptation and Local
Government Liability.		 50,000.00
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)		 Funding
for a research project: Pathways to Climate Adapted and Healthy Low
Income Housing		 650,000.00
Griffith
University		 Funding
and operation of the National Adaptation Research Facility: Subprogram
B Adaptation Research Grants		 19,272,521.00
University
of Queensland, Professor John Quiggin		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Expert
Meeting on Economics and Ethics		 4,400.00
University
of New Enland, Professor Patrick Nunn		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 6,600.00
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)		 Expansion
and tailoring of the Energy Mark program to low-income households		 500,000.00
Bureau
of Meteorology		 To
enable BoM to continue collaborating with CSIRO to develop Australia’s
national climate model ACCESS. To continue research on: climate
feedbacks; the interaction between climate variability and change;
predicting future climate and its extremes; detection and attribution
of climate change; and continued sea level monitoring.		 2,531,100.00
Australian
Conservation Foundation		 The
Climate Project – Australia: Community education on climate change
science, impacts and solutions.		 $398, 421.75
Carbon
Expo Australasia Pty Ltd		 Sponsorship
of Carbon Expo Australasia 2011 event to be held		 55,000.00
Local
Government Association of Tasmania		 Research
and development project: Rising to the challenge, developing flexible
coastal adaptation pathways for local communities.		 550,000.00
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation		 To
assist CSIRO to advance systematic research to meet identified
information needs on future climate and its extremes which is required
for adaptation decision making.		 1,217,000.00
Dr
Ian Noble		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 55,000.00
Green
Cross Australia		 Funding
to engage the community in collecting images of the 2011/12 king tides
in Queensland and to build an add-on module to the www.hardenup.org
community engagement portal to allow access to the images.		 82,500.00
Antarctic
Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre		 Further
development of the sea level rise decision support tool developed by
ACE CRC.		 588,742.00
Hunter
Councils		 Research
and development project: Decision Support for Adaptation Action.		 440,000.00
Municipal
Association of Victoria		 Research
and development project: Choosing a preferred pathway for Port Phillip
Bay.		 550,000.00
Local
Government Association South Australia		 Research
and development project: Climate change decision support framework and
software for coastal Councils.		 330,000.00
Local
Government Association of Queensland		 Research
and development project: Queensland Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategy
pilot study.		 379,500.00
South
East Councils Climate Change Alliance		 Research
and development project: Deciding for the coast: implementing effective
adaptation options.		 220,000.00
Department
of Sustainability and Environment (Western Coastal Board)		 Research
and development project: A Value and Equity Framework for climate
adaptation: Caravan and Camping Parks Case Study.		 159,500.00
Geoscience
Australia		 Revision,
discovery and distribution of the coastal geomorphological database.		 385,000.00
Sydney
Coastal Councils Group		 Research
and development project: Demonstrating Climate Change Adaptation of
Interconnected Water Infrastructure.		 275,000.00
Sydney
Coastal Councils Group		 Research
and development project: Prioritising Coastal Adaptation and
Development Options for Local Government.		 495,000.00
Water
Services Association of Australia		 Research
and development project: Climate Change Adaptation Tool for the Water
Industry.		 550,000.00
The
Climate Institute		 Independent
assessment of the effect of carbon pricingon the cost of living		 377,273.00
Australian
Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC)		 Power
Shift events for youth in Perth and Brisbane to raise awareness on
climate change.		 271,560.00
Cook
Islands Government		 Grant
for the purposes of conducting climate change adaptation activities in
the Cook Islands.		 600,000.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community		 Grant
for the purposes of assessing the impact of sea level rise on Lifuka
Island, Tonga.		 562,000.00
City
of Mandurah (for the Peron Naturaliste Partnership)		 Research
and development project: Developing Flexible Adaptation Pathways for
the Peron Naturaliste Region of Western Australia.		 440,000.00
Sunshine
Coast Regional Council		 Research
and development project: Pilot Council and Insurance Partnership on
Climate Adaptation Methods.		 275,000.00
Sydney
Coastal Councils Group		 Research
and development project: Assessment and Decision Frameworks for
Existing Seawalls.		 286,000.00
shmeco.com
Pty Ltd		 Sustainable
House Day 2011 event demonstrating energy efficiency across more than
300 homes nationally		 15,000.00
Australian
Alliance to Save Energy		 Sponsorship
of the Summer Study on energy efficiency and carbon mitigation (SEEC)		 100,000.00
CSIRO To
assist CSIRO to: advance observations and analysis of oceanic,
terrestrial and atmospheric climate processes; progress development of
the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS);
and further develop Australian climate projections.		 5,986,200.00
Australian
Sustainable Built Environment Council		 To
assist with developing a policy framework for climate change adaptation
in the built environment.		 10,000.00
IPCC
Trust Fund		 IPCC
Trust Fund Annual Payment (2011).		 120,000.00
The
Australian Academy of Science		 To
facilitate Australian involvement in the International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, the World Climate Research Programme and
the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research; and to support the
promotion, distribution and implementation of the Earth System Science
Strategic Plan.		 200,000.00
Monash
University through Climate Works Australia		 Tailoring
of Climate Works Australia’s Low Carbon Growth Plan methodology as part
of a regional outreach program		 424,051.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme		 Grant
for the purpose of supporting the Regional Meteorological Service
Directors Meeting 2011		 15,000.00
University
of Queensland		 Grant
provides additional support for sea level inundation modelling and
capacity building for Conservation Foundation staff in the use of the
survey methods		 38,640.00
University
of New England, Professor Patrick Nunn		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report		 8,000.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community		 Grant
provides additional support for capacity building and community
engagement in the assessment of the impacts of sea level rise on Lifuka
Island, Tonga		 215,864.00
Australian
Council of Trade Unions		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via a series of interactive
seminars for union officials and organisers in capital cities and in
regional areas with carbon intensive industries.		 93,000.00
Green
Cross Australia		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via ‘Our Clean Energy Future
Show and Tell’ competition for all Australian primary schools.		 200,000.00
Environment
Victoria Inc		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via a leadership, training and
education program among multicultural communities and faith groups in
Victoria.		 213,125.00
RPH
Australia Cooperative Ltd		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via a series of information
segments that will be broadcast nationally across the 17 RPH services
to reach print disabled audiences.		 206,100.00
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation		 Grant
for the purpose of enhacing knowledge of climate change impacts in
Pacific Island countries and East Timor and building capacity within
these countries to understand, and act upon, this knowledge		 10,819,160.00
Bureau
of Meteorology		 Grant
for the purpose of enhacing knowledge of climate change impacts in
Pacific Island countries and East Timor and building capacity within
these countries to understand, and act upon, this knowledge.		 10,669,340.00
Community
Broadcasting Association of Australia Ltd		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via a series of programs for
community radio stations.		 123,180.00
Planning
Institute of Australia Ltd		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future through planning and built
environment professionals.		 123,000.00
Riverina
and Murray Regional Organisation of Councils		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via community seminar forums
across the Riverina and Murray region.		 90,924.00
Australian
Institute of Marine Science, Dr Dan Alongi		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC update of Guidelines for
National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Wetlands)		 33,000.00
  Total 2011 69,042,457.30
2012    
Recipient Purpose Value
(GST Incl) $
University
of Queensland		 Grant
provides additional support for sea level inundation modelling and
capacity building for Conservation Foundation staff in the use of the
survey methods		 38,640.00
Greening
Australia South Australia		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via carbon market education and
vocational training for indigenous land managers in South Australia.		 291,200.00
Conservation
Council of Western Australia Inc		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via a tailored communications
and engagement program for Western Australia.		 319,420.00
Nature
Conservation Council of NSW		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via complementary communication
channels, including public events, online engagement and a Community
Climate Challenge behavioural change program in the Illawarra.		 211,000.00
Auburn
Community Development Network		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via community education and
development activities that engage culturally and linguistically
diverse communities.		 72,121.00
Dirtgirlworld
productions Pty Ltd		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping build a clean energy future via an online information campaign
and interactive activities delivered at live shows.		 165,000.00
UNFCCC Contribution
to UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol		 578,381.19
Dr
Habiba Gitay		 Support
for Australian participation in the IPCC Fifth Assesment Report.		 22,000.00
Melbourne
City Council		 The
City of Melbourne is hosting the C40 Workshop in March 2012. The City
of Melbourne wrote to Parliamentary Secretary Dreyfus requesting
sponsorship of the event.		 33,000.00
Charles
Darwin University (on behalf of the Northern Australian Land & Sea
Management Alliance)		 To
raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and
helping to build a clean energy future via public engagement activities
with Indigenous communities across northern Australia.		 300,000.00
Monash
University		 To
undertake joint quantitative economic research with China’s State
Information Centre on cost effective market approaches to address
climate change in China.		 336,600.00
Victoria
University		 To
undertake joint research with China’s Energy Research Institute and
Nankai University to develop a roadmap for Beijing and Tianjin to
transition to a low carbon urban development track.		 267,103.00
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community		 To
reduce energy consumption and emissions, and minimise fossil fuel use
in participating Pacific countries by designing and implementing a PALS
Program aligned with existing programs such as that being delivered
jointly by Australia and New Zealand.		 2,600,000.00
University
of New South Wales		 To
examine the psychological factors underlying individual and collective
cognitive understanding of climate science and the motivation to change
behaviour.		 92,400.00
Antarctic
Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre		 To
assist ACE CRC researchers to continue their investigations into the
impacts of ocean acidification on Southern Ocean calcifiers to inform
the scientific community, the Australian Government.		 165,000.00
International
Institute for Sustainable Development		 Contribution
to Asia Pacific Seminar June 2012		 30,000.00
OECD
Climate Change Expert Group		 Contribution
to IPEEC for new Buildings Energy Efficiency task group		 60,000.00
IPCC
Trust Fund		 IPCC
Trust Fund Annual Payment (2012).		 120,000.00
Monash
University		 To
undertake joint quantitative economic research with China’s State
Information Centre on cost effective market approaches to address
climate change in China.		 231,000.00
The
Australian Industry Group		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Australian Industry Group
will provide online tools, resources and onsite support services to
SMEs in the manufacturing sector to assist them to make informed
decisions about energy efficiency.		 1,100,000.00
CSIRO CSIRO
Solar Cities Data Collaboration		 750,000.00
Moreland
Energy Foundation Limited		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Moreland Energy Foundation
Limited will develop action messages, case studies, DIY videos and fact
sheets for distribution to SMEs across the northern metropolitan region
of Melbourne. They will conduct training activities and will use a
specially fitted and branded motor vehicle for road show purposes.		 970,094.40
Victorian
Employers’ Chamber of Commerce		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Victorian Employers’ Chamber
of Commerce will provide website information, training, and hotline
services to SMEs in the retail, office based, accommodation, community
services, wholesale, metals, plastics, chemicals and engineering
sectors in Victoria.		 2,060,447.40
Brisbane
Greenheart CitySmart Pty Ltd		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Brisbane Greenheart CitySmart
will use engagement channels provided by Rio Tinto, Business South Bank
Precinct and/or the their own network of large corporate organisations
to disseminate relevant tailored energy efficiency information and
tools to approximately 300 SMEs in Brisbane.		 944,785.60
Master
Grocers		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Master Grocers will develop and
distribute to independent stores a range of energy efficiency
information products including a handbook, fact sheets, information
kit, energy audits, hotline, website, e-elerts, a DVD and a smart phone
app.		 1,089,676.50
Australian
Hotels Association		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Australian Hotels
Association will provide SME members with a range of energy efficiency
information including surveys, a supply chain map, factsheets, energy
assessments/audits, information kits, teleconferences, magazine
articles, staff induction/training manuals, website and awards.		 466,059.00
RICS
Australasia Pty Ltd		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. RICS Australasia will address
energy efficiency by looking at the commercial office space that SMEs
lease and how SMEs best choose, establish and manage that leased space,
in order to maximise their energy efficiency.		 712,071.80
Australian
Conservation Foundation		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Australian Conservation
Foundation will provide real-time energy information, energy efficiency
information tools, training sessions and monitoring and evaluation
services to up to 520 small regional and remote YMCAs.		 1,087,262.00
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)		 Voluntary
contribution to OECD work of the Climate Change Experts Group (CCXG)		 60,000.00
Textiles,
Clothing Footwear Resource Centre WA		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Textiles, Clothing Footwear
Resource Centre WA will provide on-line training, expert forums,
mentoring, publications, surveys and website material to 1,000 fashion
and industry SMEs.		 659,516.00
Dairy
Australia		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Dairy Australia will develop
fact sheets, case studies, energy plans, a web portal, media and
journal articles to up to 6,800 dairy farms in Australia. They will
conduct workshops/field days and energy assessments; recruit regional
project officers; and provide a tool for undertaking energy assessments
(including providing energy assessor training).		 1,100,000.00
Energy
Resources Institute		 To
support Chinese participation in the Australia-China Emissions Trading
Experts’ Dialogue,		 100,000.00
Plastics
and Chemicals Industries Association Incorporated		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Plastics and Chemicals
Industries Association will host seminars and forums; undertake site
visits; develop videos, post cards and five minute guides; post
articles in industry magazines; and provide an online portal for
members.		 467,131.50
Victorian
(Automobile) Chamber of Commerce		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Victorian (Automobile)
Chamber of Commerce will deliver an education and consultation program
to SMEs within the automotive industry. This includes developing a
hotline, seminars, video clips, a website, guidelines and factsheets,
conducting energy audits and producing magazine articles.		 270,710.00
Community
Children’s Centres South Australia		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Community Children’s Centres
South Australia will develop a website; conduct marketing activities;
deliver energy efficiency workshops; and provide online access to a
carbon management system. They will also conduct energy efficiency
assessments; develop action plans and policies and procedure templates;
and provide awards to participating Centres in South Australia.		 159,500.00
The
Hills Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre Incorporated		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Hills Holroyd Parramatta
Migrant Resource Centre Incorporated will deliver energy efficiency
training resources, workshops, a website, a hotline and other material
to culturally and linguistically diverse community organisations and
SMEs in Western Sydney.		 1,083,051.20
Bureau
of Meteorology		 To
enable the Bureau to continue collaborating with CSIRO to develop
Australia’s national climate model ACCESS, and to continue research on
climate feedbacks; the interaction between climate variability and
change; and the detection and attribution of climate change.		 1,876,000.00
Central
Victorian Greenhouse Alliance Incorporated Association		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Central Victorian Greenhouse
Alliance Incorporated Association will review and refine existing
energy efficiency material; produce case studies; develop an energy
efficiency information package; conduct road shows; and undertake
business energy assessments for members.		 772,640.00
Temora
Aviation Museum Incorporated		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Energy efficient indoor museum lighting		 129,043.20
South
Australian Wine Industry Association		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The South Australian Wine
Industry Association will provide energy efficiency information,
education and advice to up to 300 SME wine businesses in South
Australia. This includes developing toolkits and an online portal;
providing an advisory service and publication material; conducting
workshops and webinars; and conducting surveys.		 229,526.00
Australian
Meat Industry Council		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Australian Meat Industry
Council will develop an information kit; an industry energy consumption
guide; and will provide demonstration and training activities to SMEs
who are members of the Australian Meat Industry Council and Australian
Meat Processor Corporation.		 581,075.00
Australian
Tourism Export Council Limited		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Australian Tourism Export
Council will develop and implement an energy efficiency training
program for tourism sector SMEs. This includes conducting training
webinars and workshops; providing access to an online reporting tool;
and developing certification and accreditation programs.		 612,040.00
Overseas
Environmental Cooperation Centre, Japan		 To
support delegates from Pacific Island countries attending the 21st Asia
Pacific Seminar on Climate Change		 30,000.00
North
East Farming Futures		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. North East Farming Futures will
conduct research, marketing and promotional activities; provide
workshops and online forums; and develop case studies, a learning
package and an energy saving database for farming enterprises in
Western Australia.		 436,370.00
Do
Something!		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Do Something! will disseminate
advice and energy efficiency information to over 15,000 community
groups and 565 local councils nationwide. This includes developing a
web portal, best practice guides, case studies and tip sheets, videos,
eBooks, PowerPoint presentations, energy efficiency guides and
providing access to an energy cost calculator.		 958,639.00
Food
South Australia		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Food South Australia will
develop a toolkit, case studies and an online portal. They will also
conduct workshops/webinars and industry surveys of food and
manufacturing businesses across South Australia. Mentoring services to
at least three food businesses will be provided.		 206,360.00
CSIRO To
assist CSIRO to: advance observations and analysis of oceanic,
terrestrial and atmospheric climate processes; progress development of
the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS);
and progress understanding on extreme climatic events.		 5,570,000.00
CSIRO To
assist CSIRO to develop, coordinate and deliver climate change
projections suitable for direct use by natural resource management
planners and for application in impacts and adaptation research.		 5,500,000.00
Conservation
Council of South Australia Inc		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. This project will help community
organisations lower energy costs and become more environmentally and
financially sustainable. The Conservation Council of South Australia
will develop a Guide to Energy Efficiency for Community Organisations,
a free energy efficiency presentation and a website. Community
organisations will also have the opportunity to receive free
professional energy audits and ongoing support including assistance to
put together an action plan.		 486,488.20
Strata
Community Australia		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Strata Community Australia will
develop a national on-line energy efficiency ‘tool-kit’ designed with
and for key stakeholders in the residential strata sector.		 1,204,115.00
Australian
Foundry Institute -South Australia		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Australian Foundry Institute
(AFI) of South Australia and its partners will develop and roll-out a
national Foundry Industry Energy Efficiency (FIEE) information and
support program targeted towards the decision-makers of Australia’s
foundry and die casting industries. The FIEE program will provide a ‘Do
It Yourself’ energy efficiency toolkit and online portal for SMEs and
peer-group workshops. The program will also include a ‘one-on-one’
energy efficiency support program for 80 companies.		 547,448.00
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation		 Assessment
of costs and benefits of adaptation options for built assets and
infrastructure across a range of scenario outlooks.		 1,430,000.00
Queensland
Murray-Darling Committee Inc.		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Queensland Murray-Darling
Committee will develop energy efficiency education material for SMEs
and community organisations in the Queensland section of the
Murray-Darling Basin; provide energy audits; conduct education events;
recruit technical officers; train local technicians; and engage with
local government.		 1,091,640.00
Southern
Midlands Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Energy efficient thermal and lighting
upgrades		 28,210.60
Wagga
Wagga City Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Cogeneration at aquatic centre		 412,582.50
Lake
Macquarie Business Centre Limited		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Lake Macquarie Business
Centre of New South Wales will promote the uptake of technology that
allows SMEs to monitor electricity/gas/hot water consumption and
associated emissions, targeting manufacturing SMEs that require energy
efficiency information, using the information telephone line to be set
up and SMEs registered for the ‘Grow Me the Money’ program funded by
Lake Macquarie City Council. Lake Macquarie Business Centre will also
evaluate and disseminate the success of different energy efficiency
information methods including up skilling electricians to assist in
disseminating information.		 389,171.20
Glen
Eira City Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Upgrade lighting, hot water systems, window
draught proofing and IT energy saving measures.		 54,318.00
East
Arnhem Shire Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Replacing existing street lights with energy
efficient LED lights.		 217,027.80
Tamworth
Regional Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Gallery indoor lighting project.		 55,000.00
Multiple
Sclerosis Society of Western Australia (Inc)		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Geothermal heating and cooling pilot		 66,124.30
Hunter
Business Chamber		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. The Hunter Business Centre of
New South Wales will assist SMEs across the Hunter Region to identify,
manage and improve their energy efficiency. Utlising the skills,
experience and networks of the Hunter Business Chamber, Hunter TAFE and
Newcastle City Council, the Recipient will offer businesses real time
energy monitoring, the framework and skills to identify energy
reduction opportunities and the experience to provide
business-to-business support and champion these solutions to a larger
network of businesses.		 1,333,200.00
Lismore
City Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Upgrades at two swimming pool facilities,
including solar hot water, variable speed drives and lighting retrofits		 348,854.00
Darebin
City Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Upgrades at two aquatic centres including
cogeneration, lighting, pool blankets, fan upgrades, building and
ventilation control systems		 963,380.00
Castle
Hill RSL Club Limited		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Upgrades at two swimming pool facilities,
including solar hot water, variable speed drives and lighting retrofits		 544,942.20
Eastern
Metropolitan Regional Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Retrofit to street lighting and energy
efficiency upgrades to two aquatic centres and a library.		 712,162.00
OECD Development
of data-set and methodology to track private climate finance flows to
developing countries.		 100,000.00
Forbes
Shire Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Energy efficiency upgrades to 51 buildings
and facilities across 12 councils.		 1,236,182.00
World
Resources Institute		 To
support the update, development and relaunch of the World Resources
Institute Climate Analysis Indicators Tool		 100,000.00
City
of Canada Bay Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Retrofit lighting and energy efficiency
upgrades at four indoor and outdoor community facilities.		 792,000.00
City
of Busselton		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Installation of a geothermal system for
heating at an aquatic leisure centre		 586,526.60
South
Gippsland Shire Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Residential street lighting project		 190,093.20
Blacktown
Workers’ Club Ltd		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Installation of variable speed drives and
chilled water pumps		 35,951.30
Shire
of Manjimup		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Installation of energy efficient pumping and
pool and space heating technologies at the Manjimup Regional AquaCentre
(MRAC)		 284,157.50
Cairns
Regional Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Lighting upgrade and thermal efficiency at
four facilities.		 324,500.00
Kingston
City Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Energy efficiency works at Kingston City
Hall and Kingston Art Centre		 412,500.00
Maitland
City Bowls, Sports and Recreation Club Pty Ltd		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Installation of tri-generation system to
provide heating and cooling for the club		 403,606.50
Australian
Broadcasting Corporation		 Building
capacity of Pacific youth, and media and communications sectors to
produce innovative and targeted media content on climate change.		 220,000.00
Tumbarumba
Shire Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Energy efficient upgrade of Tumbarumba’s
water supply pumping stations		 82,500.00
Alice
Springs Town Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Replacement of the air-conditioning systems
in the public library		 267,500.20
North
Sydney Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Installation of cogeneration system to
provide heating and cooling at the North Sydney Olympic Pool		 349,085.00
City
of Greater Bendigo		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Energy efficiency upgrades to seven council
owned buildings and sites		 418,000.00
Bass
Coast Shire Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Replace street lights in residential streets		 320,921.70
Corangamite
Shire Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Lighting upgrades and thermal efficiency at
four facilities		 53,240.00
Brimbank
City Council		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Energy efficiency upgrades to street
lighting, upgrades to heating and air-conditioning systems, lighting
and building thermal efficiency measures to municipal offices and
installation of cogeneration system to a leisure centre at Brimbank
City Council.		 3,943,052.30
Burnett
Inland Economic Development Organistation		 Energy
Efficiency Information Grants Program. Will deliver ‘clean and clever
energy’ services to small-to-medium enterprises located in the Wide Bay
Burnett region. These services focus on assisting SMEs to transition to
energy efficiency and energy innovation. The regional program includes
one-on-one audit and advisory services for individual businesses, as
well as workshops, demonstrations, presentations, tool kits and fact
sheets. Businesses will have the option to form clusters to exchange
ideas, share information and work on collaborative projects resulting
in positive energy outcomes.		 973,500.00
City
of Kalgoorlie-Boulder		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Installation of ground source heat pumps and
solar thermal heating		 684,997.50
Merri
Community Health Services Limited		 Community
Energy Efficiency Program. Replace Indoor Lighting and HVAC system		 220,000.00
  Total 2012 57,797,841.39




Last Updated on 14/04/2014

By Wazz


12 thoughts on “A Quarter $Billion in climate change grants over three years 2010-2012”

  1. Now that’s a boondoggle to remember …
    Really? $1,236,182.00 World Resources Institute To support the update, development and relaunch of the World Resources Institute Climate Analysis Indicators Tool.”
    Slushies galore: “215,864.00 Australian Council of Trade Unions To raise awareness of activity that is reducing carbon pollution and helping to build a clean energy future via a series of interactive seminars for union officials and organisers in capital cities and in regional areas with carbon intensive industries.”

  2. That’s a quarter billion wasted. The fact that solar radiation penetrates the thin surface layer of the ocean (say the first 1 centimetre) means that the IPCC, NASA and Trenberth are wrong in assuming that they can determine the temperature of the ocean surface using Stefan-Boltzmann calculations.

    As best I can ascertain, only two persons (myself and another – independently) have discovered (back in 2012) how “heat creep” functions in planetary atmospheres, crusts and mantles etc.

    So take away the surface and the direct solar radiation and what would you expect the base of the nominal Uranus troposphere to be? Hotter than Earth’s surface, even though it is 30 times further from the Sun? You see, there is a big “something” missing in your paradigm of radiative forcing.

    Climatologists are not physicists, and what they arrogantly write is a travesty of physics – as I can easily prove.

  3. www.climatechange.gov.au/grant-program/stream-2-regional-natural-resource-management-planning-climate-change-fund
    I have just noticed most of the 2013 grants were almost identical to this text – just alter the region – at a $million a time –
    [To assist the University of Tasmania to work with regional NRM planners in the Southern Slopes ‘cluster’ of NRM regions to deliver relevant information on climate change, its impacts and potential adaptation responses, and provide guidance on how to use that information in NRM planning.
    Value: $1,027,865.30]
    Seriously, can somebody enlighten us with practical example of what NRM planners do – where would they work – in State Govt I suppose. Anybody not aware already of “climate change” would have to be brain dead.
    Can anybody please report that any of this activity across Australia is happening?

  4. They’re kidding, surely. That could have been done ‘with loose change’:
    Bureau
    of Meteorology Grant
    for the purpose of enhacing knowledge of climate change impacts in
    Pacific Island countries and East Timor and building capacity within
    these countries to understand, and act upon, this knowledge. size=”-1″>10,669,340.00

  6. O/T:
    BoM -National rainfall outlook
    Issued 18 December 2013
    “The chances of exceeding the median rainfall during the January to March period are 30 to 40% over most of Queensland, parts of the eastern NT, most of NSW and northeast Victoria.
    In other words, the chances of below average rainfall are 60 to 70% over these areas.”
    www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/archive/rainfall/20131218.rain.shtml

    April 14, 2014 – 11:09AM
    Canberra’s autumn rainfall average exceeded in just six weeks
    www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/canberras-autumn-rainfall-average-exceeded-in-just-six-weeks-20140414-36me8.html

  7. I see $400000 for the ACF to spread lies about Climate. Maybe, many overlook that Prof Lowe (President of ACF) was severely criticised for exaggerating by the Chairman of a Tribunal in 2007 case concerning approval of a mine in Qld. Some legal people said Lowe should have been cited for perjury and heavily fined or even jailed.
    Certainly, most of these grants could be cut out with no loss of research outcome.

  9. All this tax-payer money, all this ‘climate science’ on man made Global Warming.

    A Rhetorical question, but, how many results of all these studies disagreed with the premise of man-made Global Warming?

    Can anyone produce a paper/result from one of these grants that does this?

    If not, at what point in the system of grants is the result bias considered as a red flag for a possible problem?
    What science doesn’t question & audit it’s results for bias?

    Where is the scientific method?

  10. The truth about this is very simple and the details of the grants spell it out nicely. If there is no climate problem then the grants will dry up very quickly. Therefore, all of the recipients listed above have a vested interest in “talking it up” and making sure that the perception of an impending problem continues.
    Its a similar situation with many foreign organisations – UK Met office, EPA’s from several countries, NASA, NOAA etc
    So dont expect CSIRO, BoM or any of the others to provide any positive news in the near future as its just not in their interest to do so. The scare will continue whatever the climate actually does.

  12. Weathercycles all the programs there are a waste of money but particularly Clide.. There is a perfectly good world database – Climate Explorer (climexp.knmi.nl/selectindex.cgi?id=someone@somewhere) managed for the EU by KNMI (Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute which covers everything associated with climate without the bias of some data collection centres such as BOM).
    It even has an Antarctic Oscillation AAO which I must say have I not seen referenced elsewhere. I suspect it may have some effect on South-West WA weather. Just bought Bob Tisdale’s book for $5 -will see if he mentions AAO.

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