As emissions policy evolves, debate must focus on getting it right. ROSS Garnaut had it right last year: "Climate change is a diabolical policy problem. It is harder than any other issue of high importance that has come before our polity in our living ...
BEFORE Melbourne's climate became hotter and drier, a cool December was considered a sign that the summer might be a fizzer. How times have changed. With Melbourne's catchments at a low 34.9 per cent many are now wishing for a season of long rainy ...
The challenges are enormous. According to the United Nations, 40 per cent of the world's power-generating capacity has to be replaced in the next five to 10 years. Earlier this month the International Energy Agency reported that the pace of growth in ...
Labor's green paper on emissions will satisfy voters and industry, but it should be seen only as a starting point. ONE of the first things Kevin Rudd did as Prime Minister was to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to bring Australia into line with most of the ...
Professor Ross Garnaut has delivered an unexpectedly confronting report on the challenges posed by global warming. It is a message that the Government would do well to take seriously. THERE is no doubt that global warming is the world's greatest crisis, ...
The nations at the Bali talks have agreed on a climate change road map. Now comes the hard part, travelling on it. ALL roads lead to Copenhagen. After two weeks of negotiations, arguments and compromise, the 188 nations who met in Bali agreed at the ...
THERE could be no more appropriate, or potentially inspirational, location than Bali for the annual meeting of the signatories to the UN Climate Change Convention. When delegates gather on the "Island of the Gods" on Monday to begin crucial talks on ...
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