WHAT'S CAUSING IT |
 This chart shows the comparative emissions from Australia, and the top three emitting sectors. The Stationary Energy component makes up the largest emitter, with Livestock Industry (including land use practices/land clearing) is the second largest, and transport and other sector comprising the remaining portion. The chart data corresponds to the 1999 period. Land clearing is included in the livestock component as it is an integral part of Australian livestock industry practices. Source: an analysis of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990,1995 and 1999 End Use Allocation of Emissions  An alternative breakdown of all of the significant industry sectors in Australia as end-product emissions, with all animal industries consolidated into a single component. As electricity is typically an input into another industry's product, so electricity-generation emissions are included in the cost of output for industrial /manufacturing /commercial etc sectors. Source: Balancing Act - A Triple Bottom Line Analysis of the Australian Economy , 2005, CSIRO and the University of Sydney. The CSIRO and University of Sydney’s 'Balancing Act' 2005 report is a snapshot of the annual cost of each industry based on a 'triple bottom line' analysis. The report was written to provide the government and interested parties with a view on what the actual costs of industries are which includes elements that have not been included in accounting in the past. This is innovative as it incorporates (amongst other things) the expected cost of pollutants such as CO2 and CH4 etc as greenhouse gases. The report is different to other economic reports, as it consolidates the input costs to total production, rather than just inputs as items in their own right. For example, electricity is included as a cost to the industries, as opposed to an end in itself to the consumer. In the livestock example, the practice of broad scale land clearing is included in the cost of the industry. In this way the total cost of an industry and its products can be understood.  |