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http://www.abc.net.au/local/st…..e=canberra

As some Canberrans will know, the ANU has been hosting a series of expert panels on various issues in the lead up to the federal elections, including one on climate change. I didn't find the discussion all that enlightening, although it did air some interesting differences of view regarding: whether setting targets for GHGE reductions in international negotiations is actually the right approach; that failure to implement a market based signal shows lack of leadership; that imposing a carbon price will enforce intergenerational transfers (we pay now for carbon to reduce it for future generations) but this only requires political leadership today; and that the global policy responses need to rest on a realistic assessment of how fundamentally unjust the current situation is between developed and developing countries. For interest.