The path to a zero-carbon economy: Ross Garnaut

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Government's climate policy will "continue to evolve" to "meet and beat" its global commitments. He has, however, stopped short of pledging new emissions reduction targets.

The bushfire crisis now unfolding was effectively predicted 12 years ago by the final report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review for the then Rudd Labor government.

Its lead author, economist Ross Garnaut, says Kyoto carry-over credits "do us no good at all" and warns that the less Australia does now, the more it will have to do mid-century.

Listen to a discussion between Ross Garnaut and Tom Tilley on Radio National’s Breakfast show - “The path to a zero-carbon economy: Ross Garnaut.”