July 13, 2012 - 1:00am

Carbon, the way we view it, measure it, control it and price it has come to dominate debates of all kinds. So, what's all the fuss about?

‘Carbon 101’ is a primer that includes descriptions of terminology and graphically explains how we now have too much of a good thing and why carbon dioxide and other heat trapping emissions from humans are rightly called carbon pollution.

To make the primer come to life, it is narrated in a video and podcast by Andrew Demetriou, CEO of the Australian Football League and Dr Graeme Pearman, former head of CSIRO Atmospheric Research, both of whom are Board Members of The Climate Institute.

Click here to access the full report page, with the video, podcast, a PowerPoint presentation and the primer itself.