Australia has more international credibility with new carbon tax plan
”Until now, we have always been on the back foot in these type of negotiations, because we turn up and say we’ve done nothing and we expect other countries to do something.”
Australia will have renewed authority in next global talks, Sydney Morning Herald, Ben Cubby,July 13, The carbon price plan is likely to have more of an impact in global climate negotiations than Australia’s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, international law experts believe.
If the policy measures are passed by Parliament, Australia will head into the next round of United Nations negotiations in Durban in November as one of 31 nations that put a price on carbon…..
”Until now, we have always been on the back foot in these type of negotiations, because we turn up and say we’ve done nothing and we expect other countries to do something.”
Andrew McIntosh, associate director of the Centre for Climate Law and Policy at the Australian National University, said the carbon price plan put Australia in a key position for the talks.
”I don’t think we should overblow the importance of it, but we are a top 20 emitter, so it is significant,” he said.
”With the introduction of a carbon price and the shift to a carbon trading scheme pretty much ensures that we will get to the target that we commit to.”
Tim Stephens, a lecturer in environmental law at the University of Sydney.”It lets our voice be heard, and it will be a catalyst for Australia to be taken seriously. It strengthens our hand.
”Until now, we have always been on the back foot in these type of negotiations, because we turn up and say we’ve done nothing and we expect other countries to do something.”…..
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