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Future Smart Strategies:professional advice on ecology, sustainability and climate change |
Prof Ray Wills Future Smart Strategies Phone +61 (0)430 365 607 |
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Future Smart Strategies provides strategic research and advice to businesses and organisations interested in sustainable outcomes. Future Smart Strategies assists with policy development and implementation, specialising in advice on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change. With substantial expertise in sustainability, climate change science and the effects of expected future climates on Australia, Prof Ray Wills is recognised by business, government and community leaders in Australia as an authoritative commentator on policy and functional responses to mitigate and adapt to global warming.
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Current work includes direct support for the Sustainable Energy Association of Australia where I am contracted as the Chief Executive. SEA is the peak body for the sustainable energy industry. As an industry association, SEA member businesses are either providing the commercial solution to climate change through their products and services, or for other members, indirectly through their actions adopting more sustainable energy practices. My work for SEA is delivering better outcomes for the sustainable energy industry - outcomes that will help grow member businesses to be a part of the solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and develop a more sustainable economy. If you want to be part of the solution, and are serious about doing so (as the 400 SEA members are), you can join too. With substantial changes coming in the legislative environment around sustainable energy being delivered by both State and Federal Governments, the industry body needs your support today to ensure that election promises actually become good policy and lead to good legislative frameworks for business to get on with business and creating solutions to climate change. If this is relevant to you, please contact me and ask about membership, or simply visit the website and fill in the form! |
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Examples of consultancy experience includes: Strategic advice on the current shape and future potential of sustainable energy projects in Western Australia: assisting clients understand legislative frameworks around the sustainable energy industry and providing introductions and network opportunities with business, government and community stakeholders . Workshops on environmental change, global warming and business: presentations to a range of companies detailing the scientific basis of natural variability and human influence on climate change on the regional and global scale, and examining the business risks and opportunities in future carbon-constrained economies. Policy advice to WA State Government on climate change, global warming and business: advice to WA State Government detailing climate change science, and examining the business risks and opportunities in future carbon-constrained economies. Work has included evaluation of GHG emissions based on economic activity, emission source, corporate use and community use, and contrasting results with available information on comparable regional cities in Australia. Strategic and operational advice on developing a plan to establish a plantation for carbon sequestration: advice to a major energy retailer on establishing a pilot plantation project to generate carbon credits to satisfy the voluntary and mandatory market allowing the proponent to mitigate its own emissions liability and to trade in the mandatory market, and development of a background paper on species selection to maximise sequestration rate with options to enhance complimentary environmental outcomes. Strategic and operational advice on energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions: developed a detailed list of energy saving actions for a range of premises of a national not-for-profit community organisation, together with recommendations on a program of actions to become carbon neutral, as well as developing marketing opportunities presented green, eco-efficiency branding. Advice on energy efficiency and becoming carbon neutral : an Australian internet service provider requiring energy and greenhouse gas auditing who also wanted to become Greenhouse Challenge Plus members with a future goal to become carbon neutral. |
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Information sources on climate change in Western Australia |
Member of:
Australian Institute of Energy
Ecological Society of Australia
Royal Society of Western Australia
Sustainable Energy Association of Australia
Wildflower Society of Western Australia
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Created: November 4, 2007 |
Last updated: October 08, 2011 |