Garnaut Review, 2008

This folder contains Friends of the Earth Australia's submissions to the Garnaut Review. The Garnaut Climate Change Review has been commissioned by Australia's Commonwealth, State and Territory governments to examine the impacts, challenges and opportunities of climate change for Australia. A Draft Report will be delivered to the Australian governments by 30 June 2008, and the Final Report by 30 September 2008. Friends of the Earth Australia put in the following submissions to the review.

FoEA Submission to Garnaut on the Emissions Trading Scheme — by CamWalker — last modified 2008-05-29 02:34

Friends of the Earth's submission to the Garnaut Emissions Trading Issues Paper. The submission outlines FoE's criteria for ensuring a just emissions trading scheme which would effectively reduce greenhouse emissions.

FoEA Submission to Garnaut on the Transport Issues Paper — by CamWalker — last modified 2008-05-29 02:42

This submission focuses on the use of biofuels/agrofuels as a means of reducing emissions from the transport industry. It outlines why biofuels should not be imported into Australia and that biofuel targets should not be implemented due to the environmental and social impacts of the expansion of this industry.

FoEA General submission to the Garnaut Review — by CamWalker — last modified 2008-05-29 02:29

This is the general submission to the Review. In this paper we outline why averting catastrophic changes to our climate requires urgent emergency action that goes well beyond business-as-usual political and economic solutions. We call on the Australian government to make climate change their number one priority and provide strong regulation and structured intervention to urgently shift to a low carbon economy.