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Australia needs two emissions trading schemes, Climate Change Authority says
(The Guardian, 31 Aug 2016) Special review recommending steps needed to strengthen climate policies receives a mixed response.
The Climate Change Authority has advised the Australian government to institute two emissions trading schemes and strengthen regulations in order to meet Australia’s 2030 emission reduction targets and to allow it to lift those targets in line with international climate change obligations.
The move is expected to put pressure on the new environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg , to strengthen Australia’s climate policies but it has received a mixed response.
Some commentators are critical of the report for making recommendations on how the government can reach its existing 2030 emissions targets yet not considering how it can meet its obligations made in Paris last year to keep warming “well below” 2C.
The Guardian, 31 Aug 2016: Australia needs two emissions trading schemes, Climate Change Authority says 
