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Forget the carbon price, forget the opposition’s Direct Action climate plan. Australia could probably meet its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions without either, provided we did one thing. But you won’t hear the politicians talk about it.
A statistical analysis by Crikey, based on data released this week, indicates that if Australia’s high population growth rate were reined in, the country would already be meeting its targets to cut pollution. In fact, we’d probably be under those targets.
The federal government’s data on greenhouse gas emissions for the December quarter points to the major impact the population boom has had on Australia’s emissions. Here’s the Crikey number-crunching that shows why it might be time to talk about the environmental impact of Australia’s growing population. (This is a crude statistical analysis, but you won’t find the government — both major parties support and plan for significant population growth — doing it. So we had a go.)

Population and immigration: climate change, emissions | Crikey

<blockquote data-quote="mike" data-source="post: 208583" data-attributes="member: 9271">Forget the carbon price, forget the opposition’s Direct Action climate plan. Australia could probably meet its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions without either, provided we did one thing. But you won’t hear the politicians talk about it.A statistical analysis by Crikey, based on data released this week, indicates that if Australia’s high population growth rate were reined in, the country would already be meeting its targets to cut pollution. In fact, we’d probably be under those targets.The federal government’s <a href="http://www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/climate-change/emissions/2012-12/NGGIQuarteryDecQ2012.pdf" target="_blank">data on greenhouse gas emissions</a> for the December quarter points to the major impact the population boom has had on Australia’s emissions. Here’s the Crikey number-crunching that shows why it might be time to talk about the environmental impact of Australia’s growing population. (This is a crude statistical analysis, but you won’t find the government — both major parties support and plan for significant population growth — doing it. So we had a go.)&nbsp;<a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/18/the-dirty-little-secret-to-tackling-climate-change/" target="_blank">Population and immigration: climate change, emissions&nbsp; | Crikey</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="mike, post: 208583, member: 9271"] Forget the carbon price, forget the opposition’s Direct Action climate plan. Australia could probably meet its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions without either, provided we did one thing. But you won’t hear the politicians talk about it. A statistical analysis by [I]Crikey[/I], based on data released this week, indicates that if Australia’s high population growth rate were reined in, the country would already be meeting its targets to cut pollution. In fact, we’d probably be under those targets. The federal government’s [URL='http://www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/climate-change/emissions/2012-12/NGGIQuarteryDecQ2012.pdf'][U]data on greenhouse gas emissions[/U][/URL] for the December quarter points to the major impact the population boom has had on Australia’s emissions. Here’s the [I]Crikey[/I] number-crunching that shows why it might be time to talk about the environmental impact of Australia’s growing population. (This is a crude statistical analysis, but you won’t find the government — both major parties support and plan for significant population growth — doing it. So we had a go.) [url="http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/18/the-dirty-little-secret-to-tackling-climate-change/"]Population and immigration: climate change, emissions | Crikey[/url] [/QUOTE]

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