Australia: The Emissions Reduction Fund There is still debate in Australia over how much the government should be involved in developing environmental policy. Under PM Julia Gillard, a Carbon Tax was introduced. The Carbon Tax was a mandatory tax applied to facilities that emit more than 25,000 MT CO2e scope I emissions annually with some...
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Australia Energy Production Trends
How The Energy System Is Structured The energy policy of Australia is subject to the regulatory and fiscal influence of all three levels of government in Australia, although only the State and Federal levels determine policy for primary industries such as coal. As of 2016, Federal energy policies continue to support the coal mining and...
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Australia Emission Reduction Challenges
Leading Emission Reduction Challenges: (a) Dependence on fossil fuels as energy sources, especially coal; (b) Political opposition to climate change legislationEmission Reduction Challenges Australia has a long history of coal mining, and many jobs are tied to the coal industry. This has created concern over the economic effects of moving toward cleaner energy sources. However...
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Australia Ratification Status
Possibility of Ratification by 2018: Medium Australia signed the Paris Agreement on April 22nd, 2016, but has yet to ratify the agreement. Entering into treaties in an executive power in Australia, and final decisions about and ratification of treaties requires the approval of the House of Representatives and the Senate. But there is debate over whether the Paris agreement...