Category Archives: Garnaut

Garnaut: Politics wins over reality

The Garnaut climate action plan is well-researched and solidly-based, but is far too influenced by “political reality”. Its implications for our future are sobering. Continue reading

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, Australian politics, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, climate politics, economic activity, economic threat from climate, emissions trading, future climate, Garnaut, Great Barrier Reef, growth, ice, inquiries and reports, international politics, science, temperature | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Garnaut: Politics wins over reality

Garnaut: a victim of complacency and sleight-of-hand

Ross Garnaut’s review of climate options for Australia has been handicapped from the start by successive governments’ failure to give climate change policy the pre-eminence it deserves. Continue reading

Posted in Australian politics, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, climate politics, economic activity, emissions trading, Garnaut, inquiries and reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Garnaut: a victim of complacency and sleight-of-hand

Garnaut’s appeal: stand up and face reality

Ross Garnaut’s recipe for climate action treads a fine line between political and physical reality. Tasmania needs to pay careful heed to the Garnaut Report’s implications. Continue reading

Posted in Australian politics, climate politics, Garnaut, inquiries and reports, leadership, Tasmanian politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Garnaut’s appeal: stand up and face reality