Australian Financial Review
Friday 26/10/2007 Page: 25
According to projections undertaken by the Climate Institute Australia, Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are set to rise by 2020 regardless of who wins government in the upcoming federal election. The Climate Institute Australia's 'pollute-o-metre' suggests a 21 per cent rise in emissions would occur under the coalition's greenhouse policies, while an 18 per cent increase would be likely under Labor. Climate Institute Australia chief executive John Connor said 'both major parties need to commit to turning around rising greenhouse pollution within the next five year, and substantial reductions beyond, to ensure our children don't inherit a future of ever worsening droughts, bushfires and other dangerous climate impacts'.
The analysis did not make provisions for Labor's renewable energy target or plans by both major parties for an emissions trading scheme. Mr Connor said 'the stark reality is [energy efficiency] is the poor cousin when it comes to this debate'. According to a star rating of each major party's greenhouse policies released this week, Labor and the coalition are on equal footing on environmental issues once the opposition's decision to sign the Kyoto Protocol is taken out of the equation.
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