Monday, 26 November 2007 05:56
“Australians are expecting decisive action on climate change and were clearly under whelmed by the Coalition’s climate policies which achieved just 30% on The Climate Institute’s assessment.” Said Climate Institute Chief Executive, John Connor.
“We congratulate the new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd who has a clear mandate, responsibility and, it would seem, intent to combat dangerous climate change and reverse rising greenhouse pollution.”
“With the world’s top scientists telling us that global greenhouse pollution needs to peak before 2015 with developed countries leading the way, Australia will need to reverse its rising greenhouse pollution within the next five years.”
The ALP policies provide three fundamental building blocks to ensure that this happens:
- A price on carbon with the 2010 emissions trading scheme
- A clean renewable energy target to assist deployment of clean energy
- An energy efficiency goal to catch up with OECD standards.
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