Money and Trees – the green stuff

Money and Trees – the green stuff

I watched a repeat of this show today (so I thought I would put up the links).

Well worth watching !!

It aired on the ABC on Thursday, 31 July 2008.

Joining Q&A this week were:
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Penny Wong (the Minister for Climate Change and Water)

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Malcolm Turnbull (Shadow Treasurer)
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Tim Flannery (scientist and global warming activist)
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Catherine Harris (businesswoman)
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Tim Wilson (Director of the IP and Free Trade Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs)
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The first questioner in the audience wanted to know whether early implementation of an emissions trading scheme would harm our economy, particularly if the big international emitters were not on board. Tim Flannery argued that most Europeans didn’t notice a change in their quality of life after emissions trading started, but Tim Wilson took the opposite view. He argued that we were better off waiting to see the outcomes of the 2009 climate conference in Copenhagen before taking definitive action. This view was shared by Malcolm who further argued that Labor’s proposed date of implementation, 2010, was not achievable and 2011-12 was far more realistic. Penny Wong said that taking action was the morally responsible thing to do while Catherine Harris wanted to see businesses take a leading edge.

Watch the show here

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Also check out:

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Limits to growth ???

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Isaac Asimov on Global Warming (way back in 1989)