Climate Policy

By Michael Perry SYDNEY, July 12 (Reuters) - Australia's government is confident parliament will pass its carbon tax scheme within months, but financial institutions and carbon traders say the risk of it again being rejected will leave firms reluctant ...
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The government is struggling to sell its climate policy, in the face of opposition claims that it will drive up the cost of living and trigger job losses. Swan will spell out Labor's argument for a carbon tax and eventual emissions trading scheme in a ...
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard's one-seat majority government is embroiled in an increasingly acrimonious climate policy debate, pitching mining magnates against environment activists including Oscar winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett. ...
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A carbon price of A$18 to A$23 a tonne would collect between A$8 billion and A$10bn a year from major polluters and would be between the A$26 recommendation by the government's main climate policy adviser and calls by the mining industry for a price of ...
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As of 2009, the most recent year considered in the report by the non-governmental Climate Policy Initiative, China is on its way to meeting its own ambitious targets for 2010, according to Qi Ye, the group's director at Tsinghua University in Beijing. ...
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SAO PAULO - C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Mayors Summit (to June 2). CANBERRA - The government's chief climate adviser Ross Garnaut releases his final report to the government on climate change, science and policy proposals for its ...
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In line with the Europe's 2020 Strategy that sets energy and climate targets for the EU for the next decade, the Directive will be the new framework under which the EU tax policy will contribute to a "greener growth" - 0900 GMT CHRISTMAS ISLAND, ...
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The Australian Greens party, who are part of a government climate policy committee, have called a media conference for 1130 local time (0030 GMT) in the prime minister's courtyard. (Reporting by James Grubel; Editing by Balazs Koranyi)
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... low-carbon technologies, the study led by analysis firm Climate Policy Initiative and international climate change organisation Climate Strategies said. ...
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