The Fossil Economy - a new report by Beyond Zero Emissions - investigates the revenue expectation of Australia's emissions-intensive exports, comparing Australian Government projections with projections from the International Energy Agency. These projections include the business-as-usual New Policies Scenario, and the climate change mitigation 450 ppm Scenario. This indicates a potential shortfall in export revenue growing to AU$100 billion annually by 2030.

Beyond Zero Emissions Research Director Gerard Drew will be presenting the key findings from The Fossil Economy report. Gerard Drew is an aerospace engineer who has worked in automotive design and manufacture, vehicle testing and development, prior to joining BZE. Gerard is the lead author of the Fossil Economy and other BZE reports including the Zero Carbon Australia High Speed Rail plan released in 2014. This studies the feasibility of a high speed train linking the major cities and regional towns of the Australian east coast and was a collaboration with the Melbourne Energy Institute and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

6:30pm Monday 1 June 2015Physics South Building 192*Hercus Theatre L105University of MelbourneCnr Elgin & Swanston Streets, Carlton