National Affairs
19 December 2018
A new mechanism could fill a key gap in international climate agreements
International
11 December 2015
Without a credible mechanism for intensifying climate action over time, the Paris agreement will do nothing to bridge the chasm between what is possible now and what is needed in…
National Affairs
21 November 2014
As the dust settles after the US–China climate announcement and Australia’s G20 climate debacle, Fergus Green takes a closer look at the Abbott…
National Affairs
11 September 2013
Tony Abbott might have pledged in blood to repeal the Australian carbon pricing scheme, but what’s likely to happen once the obstacles are clear? Fergus Green…
National Affairs
22 May 2013
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
National Affairs
2 August 2012
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…
National Affairs
14 June 2012
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
National Affairs
30 April 2012
As politicians take the razor to state and federal “complementary” climate policies, Fergus Green examines their role with the federal carbon price looming
National Affairs
6 March 2012
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…
National Affairs
2 February 2012
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…
National Affairs
9 December 2011
Fergus Green outlines the next steps Australia must take
National Affairs
20 October 2011
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
National Affairs
3 October 2011
As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament, Fergus Green takes a trip down memory lane
National Affairs
13 July 2011
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…
National Affairs
25 February 2011
With the date for a carbon price mechanism now set, Fergus Green goes in search of the missing philosophy behind Australian climate policy