Reducing Transport Emissions - a challenge of Change

摘要

In the 23 May edition of "The Australian" newspaper, Dr Ziggy Switkowski, former head of Telstra and Chair of the Prime Minister's Uranium Task Force, examined the implications for the Australian automotive sector of accepting the often advocated general target of a 60% reduction in the 1990 levels of global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. Climate change has certainly become the topical issue of the day, with passionate voices heard discussing such topics as methane clathrates, solar flux, Milankovich orbital cycles. El Nino, species extinction, environmental degradation - and more.