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Positioning Northern Australia as a global leader in climate change mitigation & adaptation

Positioning Northern Australia as a global leader in climate change mitigation & adaptation. Stuart Blanch Director Environment Centre NT. Kimberley to Cape Conservation • Indigenous Futures • Climate Change • Sustainable Industry. Arafura Sea. Timor Sea. Darwin. Gulf of Carpentaria.

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Positioning Northern Australia as a global leader in climate change mitigation & adaptation

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  1. Positioning Northern Australia as a global leader in climate change mitigation & adaptation Stuart Blanch Director Environment Centre NT

  2. Kimberley to Cape Conservation • Indigenous Futures • Climate Change • Sustainable Industry Arafura Sea Timor Sea Darwin Gulf of Carpentaria Cape York Top End Cairns 4000 km Broome Kimberley Gulf Country • Across the c.250 M ha of Northern Australia, protect and sustainably manage the world’s • largest intact area of tropical savannas, seas & rivers through • Effectively managed, connected Protected Areas conserving half the savannas (60Mha) • Large network of marine sanctuaries across the Arafura & Timor Seas, Gulf of Carpentaria • 3. Maintaining hydrological connectivity along 1 million km of undammed rivers & creeks • 4. Slowing & reversing the mammal extinction crisis • 5. Storing tens of gigatons of carbon by managing fire, grazing, ferals, clearing • 6. Enhancing landscape connectivity & climate resilience along 4,000km long corridor • 7. Create Indigenous futures eg, Caring for Country, tourism, fee-for-service contracts • 8. Supporting sustainable grazing through stewardship payments, stronger laws • 9. Providing resource security for sustainability-focussed companies eg, mines, LNG • 10. Reducing land-based pollution of coral reefs & fisheries in Arafura & Timor Seas • 11. Building a globally significant initiative as per Canadian Boreal, Yellowstone to Yukon.

  3. Australia-Asia Electricity Link ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

  4. World Solar Insolation Map Source: AltEstore.com

  5. NorNed– precedent for an Australia-Asia grid link? • Connects Norwegian and Dutch electricity grids • World’s longest HVDC subsea cable at 580km • Maximum depth 410 metres • 700 MW and +/- 450 kV • 14 years from idea to trading (1994-2008). • Cost 600M euros • Using the bipolar cable, Norway sells renewable energy from hydropower to the Netherlands, which burns gas & coal, and vice versa, depending on the time of day…risks.

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