Garnaut Report in 2008 - “Fire seasons will start earlier, end later and be more intense. Professor Ross Garnaut spoke to CEDA in Sydney on 3rd of October 2008 on Australia as a low emissions economy. Ross Garnaut is an economist whose career has been built around the analysis of and practice of policy connected to development, economic policy and international relations in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

The Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park and the Murray-Darling Basin can claim top billing.

The Final Report recommended that it was in Australia’s national interest to seek an international agreement for holding carbon dioxide equivalent concentrations at 450 parts per million (ppm) or lower, with Australia offering in advance to play its full proportionate part in such an agreement. He has held senior roles in universities, business, government and …
The final report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review was delivered on 30 September 2008.

He attained a Bachelor of Arts in 1967 and a PhD in 1972 as a student of Peter Drysdale.

Professor Ross Garnaut led two climate change reviews, the first commencing in 2007 and the second in 2010. He has worked in the following positions:

Garnaut attended Perth Modern School and then the Australian National University. Garnaut was tasked "to recommend medium to long term policies and policy frameworks to improve the prospects of sustainable prosperity".
The costs of Australia playing its proportionate part in an effective global effort are manageable, according to this report. In 2008, the federal government, then under the prime ministership of Rudd, accepted several of the report's key recommendations. He outlined the shape of a future low-emissions economy for Australia following the much-anticipated release of the Garnaut Climate Change Review's Final Report at the end of September 2008.