How important is transport in addressing climate change?
Posted: April 19, 2010 Filed under: Energy & GHG | Tags: climate change, Climateworks Australia, GHG, Low Carbon Growth Plan, Monash University, Myer Foundation 3 CommentsThere are some salutary lessons in the Climateworks Australia report, Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia, released publicly last month.
It reinforces the point I made on 10 March (We need to be more strategic about how we tackle GHGs) that it is important to think more deliberately about how to reduce carbon emissions. The estimated contribution that traditional “urban” policies in transport, buildings and land use planning can make to reducing emissions is relatively small, contributing together just 11% of potential savings, whereas the Climateworks report estimates power generation could contribute 31% and forestry 28%. Read the rest of this entry »
The Melbourne Urbanist 