Posts Tagged ‘professor ross’

Australia needs carbon trading to fight climate change: study

By admin • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Life

A major climate change report for Australia’s government on Friday recommended the rapid introduction of an emissions trading scheme to curb greenhouse gases and warned that delay could be disastrous.”Without early and strong action, some time before 2020 we will realise we’ve indelibly surrendered to forces that have moved beyond our control,” said the report’s […]


Impact of global warming will rival great depression: Garnaut

By admin • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Global Warming

Professor Ross Garnaut, author of the Australian government’s climate change review, has warned that the world will face severe consequences, if policy makers ignore the economic impact of global warming.In an article published in the Australian National University’s biannual, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Professor Ross Garnaut likened the shocking economic impacts of unexpected climate change events […]