Plenty of people are still trying to get their heads around the whole carbon credit system and the actual concept of carbon credits is still relatively new and misunderstood. But, even though there is a lack of national framework for carbon reduction, there is still a need for companies to reduce their greenhouse footprint, something they are currently struggling with.
People often ask what impact a national scheme such as the passing of the CPRS (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) would have for CO2 Australia. Well, we have already been successful but a national scheme would mean tremendous growth; that's the real opportunity.
A national scheme would send out a loud clear message about reducing carbon emissions. The more people and politicians manipulate and play short term political games with such a scheme, the harder it is for business to deal with because it's become a more complex issue than it needs to be.
Ideally, we would like to see less politics and more focus on what's really important: that we've got to modify business and society at large in terms of reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The best way to do this is through a market place and market system.
But what needs to happen for a national scheme to come through?
Writer for The Australian Emma Tom said: "...the thing that's so irksome about hardline climate change sceptics is that the planet will need to be twitching and coughing up blood before they'll agree to do anything. And while it's always enormously gratifying to be proved right, even the narkiest greenie is unlikely to gain much pleasure from screeching 'I told you so' as the last of the polar ice caps fizzes sadly into the sea like a stale Berocca."
