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Fergus Green
National affairs
Australia, China and the new carbon climate
Fergus Green
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
Will the price be right?
Fergus Green
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
National affairs
Europe, Australia and the slow death of carbon trading
Fergus Green
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
Not so fast to the green scheme graveyard
Fergus Green
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
International
Why the ratchet mechanism is (almost) everything in Paris
Fergus Green
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
A clean energy future for whom?
Fergus Green
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
Ghosts of politicians past
Fergus Green
3 October 2011
As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament,
Fergus Green
takes a trip down memory lane
National affairs
Now for the real climate action
Fergus Green
9 December 2011
Fergus Green
outlines the next steps Australia must take
National affairs
Don’t mention the floor
Fergus Green
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
The failure of “treaties, targets and trading” and the future of Australian climate policy
Fergus Green
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
Time to move beyond “treaties, targets and trading”
Fergus Green
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
“Kerrigan Clause” may be no bar to Abbott’s pledge
Fergus Green
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
Coalition of the Unenlightened could repeal the carbon tax in 2014
Fergus Green
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
Climate policy and our sphere of influence
Fergus Green
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
Thinking creatively about phasing out coal
Fergus Green & Richard Denniss
19 December 2018
A new mechanism could fill a key gap in international climate agreements
Essays & reportage
Climate change and equity
eBook
17 April 2014
This eBook features Tim Senior’s recently announced prize-winning entry in the Gavin Mooney Essay Prize for 2013, together with the four runners-up