Category Archive for "Carbon pricing" | Getting to Sustainability

7
November

Carbon taxes and emissions trading are cheapest ways of reducing CO2, OECD says

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04/11/2013 - Carbon taxes and emission trading systems are the most cost-effective means of reducing CO2 emissions, and should be at the centre of government efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new OECD study. Effective Carbon.

11
October

IPCC report and potential for sectoral agreements to solve climate change

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By David Hodgkinson, University of Western Australia This is part two of a three-part series that follows on from the release of the IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report), looking at emerging alternatives to the UN climate agreement process. Since the climate change problem emerged as a major international issue in.

21
September

Australia needs climate change information and policy advice institutions

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By Frank Jotzo The new Australian government is sacking the public service heads who implemented Australia’s carbon pricing scheme, and is closing institutions for climate change information and policy advice. It risks further politicisation of the climate change issue in the public service. Keeping at the very least the Climate Change Authority as an independent.

16
September

What next for Australia’s climate policy and the carbon price ?

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By Frank Jotzo Australia’s new government is likely to repeal the carbon price, by striking a deal with crossbenchers in the Senate after July 2014, or possibly going to a special election if it looks electorally attractive. Still, carbon pricing remains the logical choice for Australia’s longer term climate policy. Prime Minister Abbott has made it.

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