This policy brief argues that over the last twelve months the Business Council of Australia and several of its big polluting members have sought to stall and undermine Australia’s progress to a low-carbon economy. In support of its case for free permits for its highest polluting members, the BCA released a report, Modelling success: designing...

Based on the latest available science from groups such as CSIRO and the scientific experts commissioned by the Garnaut Climate Change Review, this policy brief summarises the implications of different carbon pollution reduction targets and projected global, national and state-level impacts. The main conclusions that can be drawn from this analysis are: • On current...

The newly developed Australian Emissions Reduction Model can be used to identify the technologies and strategies needed to meet a user defined emission reduction target. This policy brief provides a preliminary snapshot of one scenario of how Australia could achieve a 25 per cent reduction in emissions below 1990 levels by 2020. This is the...

Avoiding runaway dangerous climate change will require a multi-trillion dollar investment in clean technology in developing countries over the coming decades. International negotiations currently underway on a post-2012 climate agreement must pave the way for this investment to occur. With much of the investment needed in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia is well positioned to play...

Australia's energy productivity lags behind other developed countries across many sectors of the economy and that there are significant opportunities to save energy and cut costs with a comprehensive energy efficiency strategy, according to this report. The report shows that in many sectors of the economy developed and developing countries are more competitive in energy...