White Paper response:'timely start, but we could do better'.

The article reports on the White Paper released by Australian federal government which outlines a carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS). It states that the government's proposed 5% cut in total emissions was based on a comparison of the country's projected per capita emissions cut, with Europe's target of a 20% cut in emissions by 2020. However, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces that the 5% below 2000 levels is minimum and unconditional commitment to reduce emissions by 2020.