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1 online resource (246 pages) |
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| Contents |
Cover; THE GARNAUT REVIEW 2011; About the author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; New developments; Solutions; National versus vested interests; The independent centre; Transformations; PART I: THE GLOBAL SHIFT; 1: Beyond reasonable doubt; The carbon cycle; Temperature trends; New climate observations; Changes to oceans and sea levels; Changes to ecosystems; Tipping points; Correlation is not causation; Conclusion; 2: Carbon after the Great Crash; More energy; More emissions; Australia's emissions under existing policies; Budgeting carbon; Overshooting; Conclusion. |
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3: What's a fair share?Kyoto revisited; The new regime; What next for the international climate change regime?; Assessing fair shares; Lost alternatives; Conclusion; 4: Pledging the future; The pledges; Countries making big pledges; Experience and experiments with carbon pricing; The three high-emissions developed countries; Australia's fair share; Conclusion; PART II: AUSTRALIA'S PATH; 5: Correcting the great failure; The carbon price; Floating the price and setting the target; Governing Australia's emissions trading scheme; Voluntary action; Conclusion; 6: Better climate, better tax. |
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Benefits of tax reformDividing the pie; Petrol prices; Protecting the vulnerable; Trade-exposed industries; The land sector; Innovation; Conclusion; 7: The best of times; Hard times for some; Hard times in resources?; Booming incomes and slumping productivity; Boom, bust and carbon; Restoring productivity growth; Conclusion; 8: Adapting efficiently; A resilient and flexible economy; Adapting through markets; Insurance and financial markets; Water markets; Food markets; An informed Australian people; Adaptation policy and the regulatory role of government in infrastructure. |
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Biodiversity and ecosystemsConclusion; PART III: AUSTRALIAN TRANSFORMATIONS; 9: Innovation nation; Pinpointing market failures; Learning by doing; Technology costs; Carbon capture and storage; Biofuels and biosequestration; Solar energy; Fast trains and electric cars; Conclusion; 10: Transforming the land sector; Recent food history; Australian consequences; Farming Cancun; Easing into a carbon price; Deforestation; Livestock; Soil; Rangelands; Fire management in northern Australia; Plantation forests; Native forests; Carbon forests; Bioenergy; Combining sequestration with biodiversity. |
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Land and waterConclusion; 11: Electricity transformation; Price rise drivers; Benefits of a national network; Privatising distribution; Enter the carbon price; Assessing risks; The role of households; Conclusion; 12: Choosing the future; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
Professor Ross Garnaut explains why Australia's contribution is vital to the national interest and matters to the global effort. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects. |
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Australia. |
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Climatic changes -- Australia.
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Climatic changes. |
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Economic aspects. |
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric. |
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Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Australia.
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Greenhouse gas mitigation. |
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Sustainable development -- Australia.
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Sustainable development. |
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Power resources -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
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Power resources -- Economic aspects. |
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Power resources. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Garnaut, Ross. Garnaut Review 2011 : Australia in the Global Response to Climate Change. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9781107691681 |
| ISBN |
9781139221610 |
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1139221612 |
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9781139225045 (electronic book) |
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1139225049 (electronic book) |
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9781139107280 (electronic book) |
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1139107283 (electronic book) |
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9781107691681 |
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1107691680 |
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9781139218528 |
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9786613580504 |
