Garnaut Climate Change Review - Update 2011: Australia in the Global Response to Climate Change. Summary

Abstract

The Garnaut Climate Change Review was commissioned by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments in 2007 to conduct independent study of the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy. I presented the Garnaut Climate Change Review: Final Report to the Australian Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers in September 2008 in which I examined how Australia was likely to be affected by climate change, and suggested policy responses. In November 2010, I was commissioned by the Australian Government to provide an updated to the 2008 review. In particular, I was asked to examine whether significant changes had occurred that would affect the analysis and recommendations from 2008.