Australia has joined the growing list of countries who are taking action to cut their carbon emissions.
This is a move which is providing increasing rigour for international momentum which aims to have a treaty signed by 2015 – a target known as the global binding climate treaty which was the goal agreed at the UN’s Durban conference last December.
Commenting on the introduction of a price on carbon by the Australian Government, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey said:
“I very much welcome today’s introduction of a price on carbon by the Australian Government. While it is for each country to determine the appropriate mechanism for addressing climate change, it is heartening to see Australia joining the growing list of countries which are taking meaningful action to cut their carbon emissions.
Its no longer a matter of Growth Versus Action on climate change. In fact countries who are investing the most in low carbon industries are powering ahead. Countries include Germany, China, Korea and Brazil.
In the last couple of months, the Korean government passed an emissions trading scheme and Mexico passed comprehensive climate legislation.
The next UN Climate change conference takes place in November in Qatar.