Garnaut, R: Garnaut Climate Change Review

The Garnaut Climate Change Review is one of the most important reports to be published in Australia for many years and examines the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy, the costs of adaptation and mitigation, and the international context in which climate change is experienced and negotiated. Ross Garnaut is the professorial research fellow in economics at the University of Melbourne. In 2008, he produced the Garnaut Climate Change Review for the Australian government. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling Dog Days, Superpower and Reset. Summary of conclusions; Introduction; 1. Decision making framework; 2. The science of climate change; 3. Emissions in the platinum age; 4. Projecting global climate change. 5. The Australian context to climate change; 6. Impacts of climate change on Australia; 7. AustraliaEUR(TM)s emissions and the economy; 8. Counting the costs; 9. International response; 10. Towards global agreement; 11. Deepening international collaboration. 12. Targets and trajectories; 13. Australian climate change policy overview; 14. Emissions trading; 15. Domestic adaptation policy; 16. Research, development and innovation; 17. Network infrastructure; 18. Information; 19. Income distribution; 20. The energy transformation; 21. The transport transformation; 22. Agriculture and forestry transformation; 23. Growth and structural change in the low-emissions economy; 24. A fateful choice.