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The article reports on Australian engineers' increased effort to incorporate sustainable design in infrastructure projects. As part of the effort, Engineers Australia has released a sustainability charter and energy options paper designed to address the problem of climate change. The author reports that the charter summarizes the profession's objectives with respect to sustainable development.

The article gives advice to Australian law firms on how to contribute to minimizing the effect of climate change. The author suggests opting for video conferencing to reduce air travel and to consider double-sided printing and using recycled paper. The author also suggests selecting a green building for an office and to pre-program lights to switch off.

The article focuses on the criticism issued to the plan of the Australian Labor government to launch a carbon emission trading scheme in 2010. Climate change minister Penny Wong issued a Green Paper explained the tax credits to be given to heavy carbon industries. However, the scientific community claims that such liberal allowances could undermine the effectiveness of carbon trading.

The article discusses the assistance provided to companies in view of the nation's implementation of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia. It tells that Minister for Climate Change Senator Penny Wong released the green paper for the scheme and asserts the government's commitment in spending all the revenues generated from selling permits on compensation.