August 14^th
2009

ANU academics, Prof Stephen Howes and Dr Frank Jotzo explain the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) in an Opinion Piece dated August 13 2009 in The Sydney Morning Herald. Download the Opinion Piece here: More Expensive Less Effective

To learn more about the science underpinning the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) see below…

This week Prof Steffen, Executive Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute, was invited to Parliament House to debate climate science.   Download Prof Steffen’s response to the invitation explaining why there is no debate and why he declined the invitation: Prof Steffen’s Letter,  recommended reading list, ANU Climate Change Institute Open Day Program

Download  the article, Climate change poised to feed on itself, written by fifteen of Australia’s top climate experts who explain how we know humans are altering the atmosphere and why we must act now.

The article was written by Michael Raupach and John Church from CSIRO, David Griggs, Amanda Lynch and Neville Nicholls from Monash University, Nathan Bindoff from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-operative Research Centre, Matthew England and Andy Pitman from the University of NSW, Ann Henderson-Sellers and Lesley Hughes from Macquarie University, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg from the University of Queensland, Roger Jones from Victoria University, David Karoly from the University of Melbourne and Tony McMichael and Will Steffen from the Australian National University. The article appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald on August 1 2009.

Photo: Parliament House, Canberra, Australia