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Español:AUSTRALIA debe seguir adelante con cortes nacionales de gases de invernadero, incluso si los EE.UU. realiza un camino lleno de baches””en el cumplimiento de sus objetivos de reducción de gases de efecto de gas, dice el asesor del gobierno sobre el cambio climático, Ross Garnaut. Grupos de la industria dicen que el fracaso de las conversaciones internacionales sobre el cambio climático para alcanzar un acuerdo vinculante significa que Australia no debería ir más que el mínimo del 5 por ciento de reducción de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero para 2020 con el apoyo de ambos Trabajo y la Coalición. Pero el profesor Garnaut, que es la actualización de su revisión de 2008 del clima, dijo que los países más desarrollados”en”la pista y los países en desarrollo incluyendo a China parece dispuesta a dar más de lo calculado para asegurarse de que hagan su parte del esfuerzo global de mitigación. Publicidad: La historia continúa más abajo Él dijo que Australia no debe subestimar la influencia de las decisiones nacionales sobre la política del cambio climático en los EE.UU. y Canadá, las otras dos economías que son las más altas emisiones per cápita en el mundo, y que también están actuando como ” ‘arrastra”en los esfuerzos internacionales, ya que están luchando para”romper con viejos patrones de uso de la energía”. No había”ninguna duda sobre la fortaleza de”el compromiso del gobierno de EE.UU. de su objetivo de reducción de emisiones ya pesar de dejar de lado el sistema de topes y comercio en los Estados Unidos, no”estaba parado”, dijo. ”En los últimos meses, funcionarios estadounidenses cerca del Presidente de los Estados Unidos han hecho hincapié en que yo la importancia de los avances de Australia en los precios del carbón a las perspectivas de la utilización de enfoques económicamente eficiente a la mitigación de su propio país”. Debido a que Australia había mucho que ganar de un exitoso esfuerzo mundial para frenar el cambio climático, que era”en nuestro interés de hacer todo lo posible para apoyar a [los EE.UU.] si se ejecutan a través de trozos de carretera llena de baches … No hay que darle demasiada importancia de un punto negativo sobre eso … Está en nuestro interés de seguir llevando adelante y ayudar a ellos a través de él.” Pero, director ejecutivo de la industria australiana de efecto invernadero de redes, Michael Hitchens, rechazó la afirmación profesor Garnaut de que Australia es un lastre”en los esfuerzos internacionales”, diciendo que los países en desarrollo aún no estaban prometiendo limitar considerablemente las emisiones y de Australia mínimo del 5 por prenda ciento ya estaba ‘ “mucho más allá de las ofertas”de la Unión Europea y los EE.UU.. Sr. Hitchens utiliza la medida de””dolor comparable – cálculos de la cantidad de reducciones de gases de efecto invernadero costo per cápita por año – para respaldar el argumento de que Australia ya está haciendo más que los EE.UU. o la UE. Pero el profesor Garnaut dijo: “No hay perspectivas de que el tratamiento especial de Australia en este sentido sería aceptable para la comunidad internacional. El modelado de los efectos comparativos del producto nacional bruto está cargada de incertidumbre. ”Un argumento que la dependencia excepcionales, la economía australiana en el carbón y, en particular, sus exportaciones de alta de las órdenes de carbón trato especial, es probable que sea contraproducente.” En ausencia de un mercado global de emisiones, Australia podría establecer el comercio regional con países como Indonesia, dijo.
English:AUSTRALIA should push ahead with domestic greenhouse gas cuts even if the US hits a ”bumpy road” in meeting its greenhouse gas-reduction targets, says the government’s climate change adviser, Ross Garnaut. Industry groups say the failure of international climate change talks to reach a binding deal means Australia should go no further than the minimum 5 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 supported by both Labor and the Coalition.But Professor Garnaut, who is updating his 2008 climate review, said most developed countries were ”on track” and developing countries including China appeared poised to do more than he calculated to ensure they do their fair share of the global mitigation effort.Advertisement: Story continues below He said Australia should not under-estimate the influence of domestic decisions on climate change policy on the US and Canada, the other two economies that have the highest per capita emissions in the world, and which are also acting as ”drags” on international efforts because they are struggling to ”break away from old patterns of energy use”.There was ”no doubt about the strength of the US government’s commitment” to its emission-reduction target and despite the shelving of the cap and trade scheme in the United States, it was not ”standing still”, he said.”Over recent months, American officials close to the President of the United States have emphasised to me the significance of Australian progress in pricing carbon to the prospects for the use of economically efficient approaches to mitigation in their own country.”Because Australia had so much to gain from a successful global effort to curb climate change, it was ”in our interest to do everything we can to support [the US] if they run across bits of bumpy road … We should not make too much of a negative point about that … It’s in our interest to keep carrying on and help them through it.”But the Australian Industry Greenhouse Network’s chief executive, Michael Hitchens, rejected Professor Garnaut’s assertion that Australia is a ”drag on international efforts”, saying developing countries were still not promising to substantially restrain emissions and Australia’s minimum 5 per cent pledge was already ”well beyond the offers” of the European Union and the US.Mr Hitchens used the measure of ”comparable pain” – calculations of how much greenhouse gas reductions would cost per capita per year – to back the argument that Australia is already doing more than the US or the EU.But Professor Garnaut said: ‘There is no prospect that special Australian treatment along these lines would be acceptable to the international community. The modelling of comparative gross national product impacts is fraught with uncertainty.”An argument that the Australian economy’s exceptional dependence on coal and, in particular, its high exports of coal warrants special treatment, is likely to be counterproductive.”In the absence of a global emissions market, Australia could set up regional trading with countries such as Indonesia, he said.
English:AUSTRALIA should push ahead with domestic greenhouse gas cuts even if the US hits a ”bumpy road” in meeting its greenhouse gas-reduction targets, says the government’s climate change adviser, Ross Garnaut. Industry groups say the failure of international climate change talks to reach a binding deal means Australia should go no further than the minimum 5 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 supported by both Labor and the Coalition.But Professor Garnaut, who is updating his 2008 climate review, said most developed countries were ”on track” and developing countries including China appeared poised to do more than he calculated to ensure they do their fair share of the global mitigation effort.Advertisement: Story continues below He said Australia should not under-estimate the influence of domestic decisions on climate change policy on the US and Canada, the other two economies that have the highest per capita emissions in the world, and which are also acting as ”drags” on international efforts because they are struggling to ”break away from old patterns of energy use”.There was ”no doubt about the strength of the US government’s commitment” to its emission-reduction target and despite the shelving of the cap and trade scheme in the United States, it was not ”standing still”, he said.”Over recent months, American officials close to the President of the United States have emphasised to me the significance of Australian progress in pricing carbon to the prospects for the use of economically efficient approaches to mitigation in their own country.”Because Australia had so much to gain from a successful global effort to curb climate change, it was ”in our interest to do everything we can to support [the US] if they run across bits of bumpy road … We should not make too much of a negative point about that … It’s in our interest to keep carrying on and help them through it.”But the Australian Industry Greenhouse Network’s chief executive, Michael Hitchens, rejected Professor Garnaut’s assertion that Australia is a ”drag on international efforts”, saying developing countries were still not promising to substantially restrain emissions and Australia’s minimum 5 per cent pledge was already ”well beyond the offers” of the European Union and the US.Mr Hitchens used the measure of ”comparable pain” – calculations of how much greenhouse gas reductions would cost per capita per year – to back the argument that Australia is already doing more than the US or the EU.But Professor Garnaut said: ‘There is no prospect that special Australian treatment along these lines would be acceptable to the international community. The modelling of comparative gross national product impacts is fraught with uncertainty.”An argument that the Australian economy’s exceptional dependence on coal and, in particular, its high exports of coal warrants special treatment, is likely to be counterproductive.”In the absence of a global emissions market, Australia could set up regional trading with countries such as Indonesia, he said.
