

"I have pointed out in the past that there was that high year a few years ago and the warming, if you believe various measuring organisations, hasn't increased … the point is not the science, the point is how should government respond, and we have a credible response." In addition to saying " climate change is crap", in a more considered interview with the ABC's Four Corners, Abbott said: To understand this " voluntary approach" to climate change policy, you need to understand where Abbott and the Coalition are coming from: a position of denial that climate change is real and driven by human activity. A commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 5% by 2020.ĭiscredited Howard Murray Darling Basin plan build more dams weaken reports on Guardian Australia.Support for projects such as "soil carbon technologies and abatement".An "Emissions Reduction Fund" of $3bn to fund projects that would reduce carbon emissions, based on a tender process."We will take direct action to reduce carbon emissions inside Australia, not overseas – and also establish a 15,000-strong Green Army to clean up the environment."ĭigging down, the direct action "policy" comprises of:
