Showing posts with label Department of Climate Change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Department of Climate Change. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2008

Towards a new response to climate change

Towards a new response to climate change - Perspectives from Australia - speech 15 October 2008
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

SNIPPET: You are here: » Major speeches. Others assert that recent global financial and economic events demand delay in action on climate change that we cannot afford to reduce emissions right now or - in Australia's case - proceed to introduce a market-based emissions trading scheme. And as I've just highlighted, we have taken a robust, market-based approach to reducing our domestic emissions because we want Australia to be in a position to capitalise on new opportunities in a carbon constrained world.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Carbon pollution reduction scheme green paper

Department of Climate Change, Australian Government
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper canvasses options and preferred approaches on issues, such as which industry sectors will be covered and how emission caps will be set. It also includes ways to address the impacts on Australian households, emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries and other strongly affected sectors. Posted 17-07-2008