Businesses in the Geelong and Bellarine area have been discussing some of the economic opportunities offered by climate change. Representatives of several local businesses - including Ford, Shell and Incitec Pivot - were among approximately fifty participants in a forum at Thirteenth Beach Golf Club on November 9.
The forum was run by Victoria's Environment Protection Agency and Barwon Water and speakers from each agency described how it is responding to climate change by reducing its energy costs and its carbon emissions and by offering businesses technical advice and financial assistance to do the same.
The forum included small group discussion of climate-related threats and opportunities facing businesses, led by Mr. Paul Tebo, a former senior executive with multinational chemicals company Dupont.
Mr. Patrick Hughes, Secretary of the Drysdale & Clifton Springs Community Association, attended the event. 'The forum was a good idea', he said, 'But the business participants wanted visionary policy and practical ways to reduce their energy costs and carbon emissions, not a chance to chat. Climate-related opportunities continue to grow', he said, 'but they must be made more attractive to businesses through clearer policies, targets, resources and incentives.'
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