Mitigation of Global Warming in Australia - Government Policy

Government Policy

Some components of the government's emissions reductions strategy have been:

  • the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) (which was a proposal for an emissions trading scheme that would have established a market in greenhouse gas permits);
  • the Renewable Energy Target;
  • "investment in renewable energy technologies and in the demonstration of carbon capture and storage";
  • "action on energy efficiency."

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