Average CO2 emissions from new passenger vehicles sold in Australia are almost 50% higher than that for passenger vehicles sold in the European Union, according to the latest available comparative data from the National Transport Commission.
Professor Ross Garnaut this morning handed to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd an all-embracing set of policy proposals to combat climate change. Garnaut warned that a failure by this generation to deal with climate change 'would haunt humanity until the end of time'.