Europe’s carbon pricing woes cast further doubt on the credibility of Australia’s scheme and on Treasury’s forecasts of the revenue it will reap for the budget, writes Fergus Green
22 May 13 Comments (0)Gone solar
The electricity generation industry is waking up to the fact that its business model is broken, writes Giles Parkinson. With consumption down, can it refit for the green economy?
16 May 13 Comments (3)Caught between homelands
If climate change hastens migration in the Pacific, two twentieth-century cases could be useful guides, writes Jane McAdam
15 Mar 13 Comments (0)Climate policy and our sphere of influence
Our policies have focused on the small portion of emissions that we account for within Australia. It’s time to start thinking about how we can influence emissions beyond our borders, argues Fergus Green
02 Aug 12 Comments (0)
Don’t mention the floor
Amid tumbling international carbon markets and calls to weaken the carbon pricing scheme, Fergus Green makes the case for retaining an Australian carbon price floor
14 Jun 12 Comments (0)Not so fast to the green scheme graveyard
As politicians take the razor to state and federal “complementary” climate policies, Fergus Green examines their role with the federal carbon price looming
30 Apr 12 Comments (0)Time to move beyond “treaties, targets and trading”
In the second of a two-part series examining the future of Australian climate policy, Fergus Green shows how Australia remains wedded to a model of international climate action that is no longer credible
06 Mar 12 Comments (0)The failure of “treaties, targets and trading” and the future of Australian climate policy
In the first of a two-part series examining the future of Australian climate policy, Fergus Green explains why the international policy consensus, on which Australia has based its carbon pricing scheme, has broken down
02 Feb 12 Comments (0)Havel’s legacy
Václav Havel, who died in December, was Orwell’s true successor, writes Jane Goodall
09 Jan 12 Comments (0)What Durban revealed about climate’s shifting allegiances
Canada’s reversal on Kyoto won’t undermine the sense that the Durban climate conference achieved more than many expected, writes Michael Jacobs
14 Dec 11 Comments (0)
Kiribati’s policy for “migration with dignity”
At the global climate negotiations in Durban, some island nations are discussing climate displacement. Nic Maclellan looks at the response from one Pacific government
04 Dec 11 Comments (1)Can Durban deliver?
These two weeks might turn out to be more interesting than expected, writes Michael Jacobs. The stakes are certainly high enough
29 Nov 11 Comments (0)“Kerrigan Clause” may be no bar to Abbott’s pledge
An Abbott government may well be able to repeal the carbon tax without paying compensation to the holders of carbon units. Fergus Green explains how
20 Oct 11 Comments (1)Ghosts of politicians past
As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament, Fergus Green takes a trip down memory lane
03 Oct 11 Comments (0)Can Germany go green?
The world’s energy policy-makers are watching as the Merkel government takes the lead, writes Michael Jacobs
01 Aug 11 Comments (1)Uncertainties and opportunities
The speed of carbon reduction is hard to predict, writes Frank Jotzo, but we’ll certainly need to do some serious spending
13 Jul 11 Comments (0)A clean energy future for whom?
Fergus Green unpacks the carbon pricing package to discover, at its core, a tension between fundamentally different visions for the future of Australia’s economy and environment
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