Tuesday, 30 November 2010 08:19
Australia's pollution reduction policy should adopt a new minimum target of 10 to 15 per cent below 2000 levels by 2020, with the flexibility for at least 25 per cent reductions, shows analysis of Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency documents obtained under Freedom of Information (FOI) and released today by the Climate Institute.
Analysis and advice from the Department shows that developing countries' pollution targets, including from countries such as China, India, South Africa and Brazil, are overall sufficient for Australia to move to a 15 per cent reduction on 2000 levels by 2020. China's committed unilateral target is consistent with the conditions for Australia's 25 per cent conditional target if it is part of a new international treaty. The overall advanced economy, including the EU, Japan, South Korea and the USA, pollution target implies at least a 10 per cent reduction on 2000 levels by 2020 for Australia. This could be up to a 15 per cent reduction if countries move to the higher end of their target ranges.
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Freedom of Information (FOI) Request Documents:
- Supplementary Briefing: EC Communication's Approach to Targets and Comparability of Efforts, February 2009
- Trajectory Q&A, May 2009
- Repositioning Q&A, May 2009
- 2020 Target: Comparble Effort and Climate Science, May 2009
- US Climate Change Policy Developments, May 2009
- Waxman-Markey Brief, May 2009
- Brief: Japan - 2020 Emission Reduction Target, June 2009
- Question Time Brief: Japan's 2020 Target, June 2009
- Brief: Russia - 2020 Emission Reduction Target, July 2009
- Bilateral Meeting Briefing: ETS Harmonization & New Zealand 2020 Target, August 2009
- Key Points for Bilateral Meeting: ETS Harmonization & New Zealand 2020 Target, August 2009
- Brief: New Zealand - 2020 Emission Reduction Target, August 2009
- Brief: Climate Change Position of Japan's Incoming Government, September 2009
- Attachment A: Comparison of 2020 Targets, September 2009
- Brief: Developed Country Emission Targets - Collective Ambition, September 2009
- OECD Roundtable on Sustainable Development: Comparing Climate Change Commitments - Political versus Technical Judgements, September 2009
- Brief: Republic of Korea - 2020 Emission Reduction Target, September 2009
- Bilateral Meeting Briefing: Future Mitigation Action by China, October 2009
- Brief: Indonesia - 2020 Emission Reduction Target, October 2009
- Brief: Developed Country Emission Targets - Update, October 2009
- Background Brief: Copenhagen Outcome - Global Action & Possible Australian Targets, November 2009
- Supplementary Brief: Comparability of Effort, November 2009
- Briefing for PMO Teleconference with China on Climate Change, November 2009
- Brief: Analysis of China's Carbon Intensity Goal, November 2009
- Attachment: China's Carbon Intensity Goal, November 2009
- Comparison of Advanced Economy Pledges, December 2009
- Comparison of Major Developing Country Pledges, December 2009
- Australia's Target Conditions - Where do we stand?, December 2009
- Brief: Global Mitigation Pleges - Update, December 2009
- Background Brief: Aggregate Ambition of Advanced Economies, December 2009
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