The Climate Series: Warwick McKibbin on the economics of climate change mitigation

In this Climate Series conversation, Warwick McKibbin talks to Age environment reporter Adam Morton about the economics of climate change mitigation. They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various emissions trading models - and ways of improving the proposed Rudd government model; the effectiveness of a carbon tax; the likely course of action in Europe and the US; and much more.

Warwick McKibbin is a Professor of economics at the Australian National University, Professorial Fellow of the Lowy Institute and a non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution in Washington DC where he co-directs the Climate Change program. He is a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Featuring the nation's leading minds in their fields, the Climate Series conversations are a survey of the latest thinking about climate change: its impacts, the outlook and the steps required to address it.

Melbourne, February 2009

(Part 1 of 2)

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