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Terms of Reference

Click here to read the Review's Terms of Reference (PDF, 346kb) or HTML.

Garnaut Climate Change Review Reports

• Final Report - 30 September 2008
  • Letter of transmittal to the Prime Minister of Australia (PDF, 59kb)
  • Letter to Premiers and Chief Ministers of Australia (PDF, 52kb).
  • Presentation - Summary of the Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report (PDF, 2.08MB)
• Supplementary Draft Report - Targets and trajectories - 5 September 2008 (PDF, 1.76MB) or HTML.
• Draft Report - June 2008
• Interim Report - February 2008 - Full version (PDF, 634kb) or Executive Summary (PDF, 44kb).

Technical appendices to the Final Report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review

The following seven papers provide further information about the methologies, assumptions and results of the modelling undertaken by the Garnaut Climate Change Review.

• Technical Paper 1: Overview of approach to modelling (PDF, 380kb)
• Technical paper 2: Climate data methodology and assumptions (PDF, 772kb)
• Technical paper 3: Assumptions and data sources (PDF, 467kb)
• Technical paper 4: Methodology for modelling the economic impacts of climate change (PDF, 422kb)
• Technical paper 5: Modelling the costs of climate change (PDF, 207kb)
• Technical Paper 6: The global costs of mitigation (PDF, 206kb)
• Technical paper 7: the net costs of mitigation for Australia (PDF, 372kb)

Commissioned papers

The Garnaut Climate Change Review commissioned several reports on areas of study relevant to the Terms of Reference.
Click here to read the reports commissioned by the Review.

Background papers

• Emissions in the Platinum Age: the implications of rapid development for climate change mitigation (PDF, 401kb) Background working paper prepared for the Oxford Review of Economic Policy (not yet published) by Ross Garnaut, Stephen Howes, Frank Jotzo and Peter Sheehan. Presented by Stephen Howes at the Australian National University on 29 April 2008. (Updated 2 May 2008)

Discussion and Issues papers

Between August 2007 and April 2008, the Garnaut Climate Change Review invited interested stakeholders to respond to a the Review’s Interim Report, as well as a series of Issues Papers that were designed to stimulate targeted public discussion on some of the most critical issues for climate change mitigation in Australia.

• ETS Discussion paper - Executive Summary - 20 March 2008 (PDF, 50kb)
• Emissions Trading Scheme discussion paper - Full version - 20 March 2008 (PDF, 477kb)
• Issues paper 1 - Climate Change: Land use - Agriculture and forestry (PDF, 137kb)
• Issues paper 2 - Financial Services for Managing Risk: Climate Change and Carbon Trading (PDF, 100kb)
• Issue paper 3 - Climate Change: What is the Science Telling Us? Is There a Need to Develop New Emissions Scenarios? (PDF, 273kb)
• Issues paper 4 - Research and Development: Low Emissions Energy Technologies (PDF, 176kb)
• Issues Paper 5 - Transport, Planning and the Built Environment (PDF, 129kb)

Case studies prepared by the states and territories

The following section contains case studies prepared by various state and territory government bodies which have been generously contributed to the Garnaut Review online resource library. These contributions serve to highlight successful local practices and ways in which Australian communities are already positively addressing the impacts of climate change.

• Rural resilience bushfire and climate change in East Gippsland - Victoria (PDF, 1.07MB)
• Maine's Power - Mt Alexander Shire - Castlemaine - Victoria (PDF, 949kb)
• A regional climate change decision framework for natural resource management - South Australia (PDF, 1.13MB)
• Green Village - Lochiel Park - South Australia (PDF, 1.2MB)
• TravelSmart and LivingSmart - Western Australia (PDF, 379kb)
• Abating greenhouse gas emissions through strategic management of savanna fires - Northern Territory (PDF, 684kb)
• 2025 Climate Change Project - Far North Queensland (PDF, 2.29MB)
• Digital terrain mapping of the NSW Central and Hunter coasts to help prepare for climate change - NSW (PDF, 475kb)

Public submissions

The Garnaut Climate Change Review conducted a public submissions process between August 2007 and April 2008. The submissions report provides a qualitative overview of the body of submissions received by the Review during this period:

• Submissions report: An overview of public submissions to the Garnaut Climate Change Review - July 2008 (PDF, 233kb)

To read individual submissions, please refer to the full list of public submissions received by the Review.

Media releases

• Media Release: Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report - 30 September 2008 (PDF, 344kb)
• Supplementary Draft Report: Targets and trajectories - 5 September 2008 (PDF, 350kb)
• Draft Report (PDF, 313kb)
• Emissions trading scheme discussion paper - 20 March 2008 (58kb)
• Interim Report - 21 February 2008 (323kb)

Public events

Public lectures
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Date	Location	Title
16 October 2008	Melbourne	Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report book launch. Transcript of comments by Professor Ross Garnaut RG on the implications of the financial crisis for climate change mitigation (PDF, 60kb)
3 October 2008	Sydney	CEDA Address by Professor Ross Garnaut: ‘Australia as a low-emissions economy’ At this event, which followed the release of the Final Report, Professor Garnaut outlined the shape of a future low-emissions economy for Australia. Listen to Professor Garnaut's CEDA address (MP3, 5.17MB). Listen to the question & answer session (MP3, 8.59MB) Listen to The Hon. Bob Hawke's vote of thanks (PDF, 1.37MB) Read the transcript of Professor Garnaut's CEDA address, Q and A, and vote of thanks by The Hon. Bob Hawke (PDF, 514kb).
30 September 2008	Parliament House, Canberra	Release of the Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report Read the Final Report Listen to Professor Garnaut's Final Report address and press conference (MP3, 27.9MB) Transcript of Final Report release address and press conference by Professor Garnaut (PDF, 440kb)
5 September 2008	National Press Club, Canberra	Launch of the Targets and Trajectories Supplementary Draft Report at the National Press Club. Transcript of address by Professor Garnaut (PDF, 451kb) to the National Press Club, Friday 5 September 2008. Download the Supplementary Draft Report - Targets and trajectories - 5 September 2008: (PDF, 1.76MB) or HTML. Read the Media Release (PDF, 350kb)
3 September 2008	Parliament House, Canberra	The Crawford Fund's Annual Development Conference Climate Change and the Agricultural Mutation Podcast of speech now available. Click here to download (mp3, 14.14mb)
4 July 2008	National Press Club, Canberra	Garnaut Climate Change Review Draft Report release, Friday 4 July 2008 Transcript of Professor Garnaut's Draft Report release address (PDF, 535kb) Download the Draft Report
5 June 2008	ANU, Coombs Lecture Theatre, Canberra	H W Arndt Lecture 'Measuring the immeasureable - the costs and benefits of climate change mitigation' (PDF, 150kb) Podcast of speech available for download
7 May 2008	Organised by NSW Government. Parliament House, Sydney	Address to the Clean Coal Summit (PDF, 111kb)
4 April 2008	Parliament House, Melbourne	Address to Victorian Climate Change Summit transcript (PDF, 75kb) View video interview with Prof Garnaut at the Summit
3 April 2008	Organised by the Social Justice Initiative, University of Melbourne.	Keynote address to Climate Change and Social Justice Conference (PDF, 121kb)
27 March 2008	Organised by Melbourne Institute and The Australian	Gala dinner address to Economic and Social Outlook Conference, 'New Agenda for Prosperity' (PDF, 81kb)
26 March 2008	Hosted by CEDA. Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney	Emissions Trading Scheme Discussion Paper briefing Audio file Transcript (PDF, 93kb)
20 February 2008	Adelaide Convention Centre	Requirements for effective international action - Australia's role (424kb)
29 November 2007	ANU, Canberra	Will climate change bring an end to the Platinum Age (PDF 121kb)
Draft Report public forums
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Date	Location	Audio recording
7 July 2008	Perth	Download Perth public forum podcast now. (mp3, 21MB, 1hr 29mins)
8 July 2008	Adelaide	Download Adelaide public forum podcast now (mp3, 21.4MB, 1hr 31mins)
9 July 2008	Melbourne	Download Melbourne public forum podcast now. (mp3, 35MB, 1hr 25mins)
10 July 2008	Sydney	Download Sydney public forum podcast now. (mp3, 10.3MB, 1hr 28mins)
11 July 2008	Brisbane	Download Brisbane public forum podcast now. (mp3, 22.3MB, 1hr 35mins)
Specialist public forums
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Date	Location	Title
17 Aug 2007	Melbourne	Forum 1: Land management, agriculture and forestry Issues paper 1 (PDF, 137kb)
31 Oct 2007	Sydney	Forum 2: Financial services for managing Risk: Climate change and carbon trading Issues paper 2 (PDF, 100kb)
14 Nov 2007	Melbourne	Forum 3: Climate change: What is the science telling us? Is there a need for new emissions scenarios? Issue paper 3 (PDF, 273kb)
10 Dec 2007	Brisbane	Forum 4: Research and development - Low emissions energy technologies Issues paper 4 (PDF, 176kb)
19 Feb 2008	Perth	Forum 5: Transport, planning and the built environment Issues paper 5 (PDF, 129kb)

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