Comments on: The time to act is now: a clever commercial on climate change (and an event for your calendar) http://theenvironmentshow.com/2009/01/the-time-to-act-is-now-a-clever-commercial-on-climate-change-and-an-event-for-your-calendar No.1 environment podcast and leading blog on sustainability. The key issues, common-sense solutions and unusual stories on the environment. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:36:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sam http://theenvironmentshow.com/2009/01/the-time-to-act-is-now-a-clever-commercial-on-climate-change-and-an-event-for-your-calendar/comment-page-1#comment-6766 Sam Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:13:44 +0000 http://theenvironmentshow.com/?p=932#comment-6766 We’ve heard much discussion about what role, if any, Australia should play in tackling climate change. Kevin Rudd planned to go to Copenhagen armed with Australia’s economic-based plan to tackle the problem – the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) – but political jockeying oiled by the well funded and orchestrated sceptics camp, in bed with industry determined to avoid responsibility, turned the debate into something akin to a comic tragedy. As a result, we stalled on setting a market price for carbon. We stalled the economic viability and vast commercial opportunities in the renewable energy market in Australia. We stalled the potential for local innovation and green jobs... We’ve heard much discussion about what role, if any, Australia should play in tackling climate change. Kevin Rudd planned to go to Copenhagen armed with Australia’s economic-based plan to tackle the problem – the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) – but political jockeying oiled by the well funded and orchestrated sceptics camp, in bed with industry determined to avoid responsibility, turned the debate into something akin to a comic tragedy.

As a result, we stalled on setting a market price for carbon.

We stalled the economic viability and vast commercial opportunities in the renewable energy market in Australia.

We stalled the potential for local innovation and green jobs…

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