By how much will a 'price on carbon' actually lower Australia's emissions?: Towards climate accountability for greenhouse gas emissions abatement (original) (raw)

Journal of Natural Resources, 2013

Abstract

A clear reason for passing climate change legislation is to achieve 'climate effectiveness' as measured by the magnitude of emissions reductions and removals achieved over time. To ensure that there will be an opportunity to assess climate effectiveness, attention needs to be given to crafting legislative provisions to support accountability for climate policy outcomes. When seen through the lens of climate accountability, and using the UK's Climate Change Act 2008 as a benchmark, it can be seen that important aspects of accountability have been postponed by the Clean Energy Act 2011 (Cth). The Climate Change Authority will have an opportunity to make recommendations on a range of matters such as the effectiveness and efficiency of the Act, changes to medium-term and long-term targets, and specific measures such as the indicative national emissions trajectory and the national carbon budget. However, more broadly, attention needs to be given to how we can strengthen legis...

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