CARBON TRADING: What is it all about?
In essence, Carbon Trading puts a monetary value on Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. Informed sources (such as the Stern Review) believe capitalist economies and industries will be reluctant to participate in emission reduction measures. Read more in Carbon Trading.

CARBON OFFSETS AND CARBON NEUTRAL
“Carbon offsets” is a term used to describe an activity, such as planting trees, to counteract or offset the CO2 that we produce. Trees breathe in the CO2 that we have produced and store it in their leaves and trunk. Scientists have called this process ‘sequestration’. Learn to be carbon neutral…read more…

INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)
The United Nations (UN) in 1988 combined with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to set up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC was set up by governments, for governments, so that they could understand and deal with climate change. Read more…

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND AUSTRALIA

Reliable summary information on greenhouse gas emissions isn’t easy to obtain. Much of what is on the public record is from secondary sources which often rely on other secondary sources.  This summary uses official sources to show how Australia’s greenhouse emissions are produced and where they occur. Read more….