Experts comment on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme deal struck between the Federal Government and the Opposition.
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Professor Peter Newman is Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University of Technology and a Member of Infrastructure Australia Advisory Council
“It’s a historic day when we have a bipartisan approach to solving climate change. The journey is just beginning, but this is an extremely important first step. The CPRS is a front-end mechanism for the economy which is for the big users of energy, but we also needlots of end-user mechanisms especially for householders.”
Professor David Doepel is Director of the Institute for Resources Technology at Murdoch University.
“Creating a price for carbon, coupled with the already passed renewable energy target will create, for the first time, certainty for renewable energy researchers (and carbon reduction research) with regard to commercial pathways for promising technology. The lack of a positive investment environment in Australia has previously made it very difficult to commercialise technology in Australia. This ‘change of climate’ is therefore very welcome news for the research community.”