ABSTRACT
Greenhouse gas emissions have been at the forefront of public policy debate in Australia for over three years. In October 1990 the federal government adopted an ‘interim planning target’ – to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to levels 20 per cent below 1988 emissions by 2005. The reduction of 20 per cent relative to 1988 levels was first proposed at an international conference held in Toronto, Canada in 1988; it is referred to as the Toronto target in this chapter.
