The tension was building this week with the imminent release of the Climate Change report by Ross Garnaut today.
Although Garnaut urges rapid implementation of an Emissions Trading Scheme, apparently half the country doesn't know what that is. This is alarming, given the common view that public support for climate change measures will be a major challenge. Polls show that the public understand that there will be impacts such as price rises, but flinched when they realised this also meant fuel.
This is a major political and policy challenge. The policy grindstone is in full swing, but the political selling has been minimal. Some media activity a week before the reports release is hardly enough to convince the public. A longer term political assault is needed, but who is selling the vision to the nation?
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It will be very interesting to see what conclusions that Garnaut Review reaches.
Given the similarities between the Canadian and Australian economies, people over here will probably be most interested in what it says about transportation and resource industries.
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