Both parties inactive on climate change

**Acacia** · 30-10-2007 08:31

More gases than policies will stop

Stephanie Peatling
October 26, 2007

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No matter which party wins the election, greenhouse gas emissions are set to soar by about 20 per cent by the end of the next decade.
An analysis of the climate change policies of both sides of politics by the Climate Institute shows neither party has policies that will do anything other than slow the rate of growth of Australia's emissions.
Labor has committed itself to reducing greenhouse pollution by 60 per cent by 2050, but it has not set an interim target or given any timetable for how it will reach those reductions. The Government has not set any targets.
The institute's modelling shows that under Government policies released emissions would rise by 20.8 per cent by 2020. Under Labor they would rise by 18.5 per cent.
It shows Labor's plans to increase energy efficiency and increase the installation of solar hot water systems are the policies which will deliver the greatest reductions. Third on the list is the Government's policy to end the use of incandescent light bulbs.

**sockstealingpoltergeist** · 30-10-2007 10:24

I will be voting labor because I believe it is the lesser of 2 evils regarding environmental issues. I absolutely believe that something drastic needs to be done- this is our childrens future we are talking about.

**forbetoel** · 30-10-2007 10:24

Well who knows if Labor will deliver what they say on the enviroment, but I know one thing which is a fact, the Howard government have had 11 years (a bl00dy long time) to do something about it. John Howard has said many times that he has seen no evidence that shows that it is man who has done the damage to the planet. I don't see how a government who cannnot even acknowledge Climate change, let alone do anything about it, could possibly now 'pretend' to be enviromentally aware. Just how dumb does Howard think the voting public are?