Climate Emergency and Asset Management

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ClimateThere is a lot in the news at the moment regarding climate change and the state of emergency the world is in. The effects of greenhouse gases (GHG) already emitted are considered wholly irreversible, and unless there is a targeted, collective approach to lowering carbon emissions, the world is doomed. Exactly how the world is doomed is unclear: no scientist or futurist is able to give a definitive forecast of how the earth will look if the advice to lower carbon emissions remains unheeded.

But to do nothing is to risk everything.

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What happens to critical assets on decommissioning?

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HMAS

The HMAS Melbourne (III) was decommissioned on Saturday 26th October, berthing at Garden Island, Sydney, for the last time. It was a poignant ceremony, especially for the two-hundred men and women who served aboard the ship.

The ship has over two decades of service to this nation. She was deployed on operations across the globe, including the Middle East eight times, and earning battle honours for her service in East Timor and the Persian Gulf1.The ship’s motto is ‘she gathers strength as she goes’2 which is as fine a motto as you’ll ever hear and, given her capability right to decommissioning, rings perfectly true.

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Port of Melbourne - PDS 2050 Feedback Opportunity

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The Port of Melbourne is seeking feedback on their recentlPOM draftCapturey released Port Development Strategy 2050 – a roadmap for the development of the Port for the next 30 years.  To find details about the strategy, to access a copy of it, as well as details of how to provide feedback on the strategy, visit here. Feedback is open until 6th December 2019.

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