Australia delays carbon emissions cuts
Australia's Prime Minister says measures to reduce pollution must wait until the worst of the recession is over. Reuters Andy Stenton reports....
Climate scientists' study says carbon storage schemes must be accompanied by cuts to Australia's fossil fuel emissions ...The Guardian 2013-06-04
Australia should reduce emissions by 19 per cent from 2000 levels by the end of the decade – a significantly stronger target than the current pledge of a 5 per cent cut –...Canberra Times 2014-02-27
Australia's carbon tax, one of the world's landmark attempts to stop climate change, is officially no more. The country's government says the move will save money, but in...New Scientist 2014-07-18
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Climate Institute analysis suggests Australia would overshoot the 5 per cent emissions reduction pledge for 2020 if the automatic caps on company emissions under the carbon price are allowed to come into effect. Photo: SUPPLIED ZZZ Automatic greenhouse gases limits under the carbon price would put Australia on track to deliver a 15 per cent cut to emissions by 2020. Analysis by...Canberra Times 2013-11-20
The European Union and Australia last August agreed to link emissions trading schemes, with the aim of injecting new momentum into flagging moves for a global carbon price. Less than a year on, it is clear they have conflicting aims. It should not be a surprise, their motives were probably in opposition from the start: on the European side to fuel demand for emissions...Canberra Times 2013-07-18
Target of 5% not enough, based on warming ceiling of 2C and Australia’s ‘fair share’ of global carbon budget ...The Guardian 2013-10-28
Target of 5% not enough, based on warming ceiling of 2C and Australia’s ‘fair share’ of global carbon budget, says report ...The Guardian 2013-10-28
(Source: Monash University ) 26 September 2014 by Anna Skarbek On Tuesday more than 120 world leaders are gathered in New York for the Climate Leaders' Summit. With global emissions continuing to rise, it is easy to be pessimistic. But released today shows that it is getting easier to achieve a very low emissions future for all major countries. Australia could go to zero net...noodls 2014-09-26
14 May 2013 Clean Energy Future Package working in Australia's interest Joint media release with Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation The Gillard Government's Clean Energy Future package is working to help tackle climate change and enable Australia to play its part in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. The science is clear - the world is warming and high...noodls 2013-05-14
Federal politics: full coverage Mark Kenny: Labor must leave lost carbon battle for war ahead Labor 'had chance' if Rudd had called early Australia's greenhouse gas reduction target of 5 per cent this decade is inadequate and should be increased to at least 15 per cent, according to the agency set up to advise the government on climate change policy. In a draft report that is...Canberra Times 2013-10-30
A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. In the Solar System, the atmospheres of Venus, Mars, and Titan also contain gases that cause greenhouse effects. Greenhouse gases greatly affect the temperature of the Earth; without them, Earth's surface would be on average about 33 °C (59 °F) colder than at present.
However, since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the burning of fossil fuels has contributed to the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from 280 ppm to 390 ppm, despite the uptake of a large portion of the emissions through various natural "sinks" involved in the carbon cycle. Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions (i.e., emissions produced by human activities) come from combustion of carbonaceous fuels, principally wood, coal, oil, and natural gas.