CSIRO contradicts PM over emission cuts

25 April 2007
From Blaney (Aust) - AAP article

Prime Minister John Howard says "I think it is crazy and irresponsible of any political party in this country to commit to a target when you don't know." He cited the Greens and Labor's cuts they would want to see.

But this article hightlights that a CSIRO report sent a month ago to Howard told him what the cuts would need to be and that they would not affect the economy greatly (if done now). (CSIRO are an Australian Government Research and Development group.) The Stern report also gave the same message and came from Nicholas Stern (from the UK Treasury):

• hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change,
  
• Guardian (UK) discussion of the Stern Report,
  
• 'Mustelid' blog on the Stern Report.
  

So I'm still not understanding why John Howard doesn't have enough evidence to convince him to change the way he looks at the problem of climate change.

Read the article.