author argued for deep cuts in Australia's greenhouse gas emissions in the next 40 years (to 2050) and that the economic costs are modest and manageable and, indeed, preferable to the consequences of not acting. "It is much more disruptive and costly to step up action than to relax it so it is better to start off with the most stringent target you can imagine and that is what we have modelled... ". In 2022, the Albanese government commissioned an Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units, that reported in December 2022. The independent panel was composed of Professor Ian Chubb AC (Chair), the Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC, Ms Ariadne Gorring and Dr Stephen Hatfield Dodds. Positions held Executive Director - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES), 2017–present President - Australia and New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE) Participant - Australia 2020 Summit (Group: Population, sustainability, climate change and water), 19 & 20 April 2008 Awards The Bulletin magazine's 28 October 2003 edition named Hatfield Dodds in its inaugural 'Smart 100' list of leading Australian innovators. Family Hatfield Dodds is married to Lin Hatfield Dodds, a leading Australian Christian social activist, political lobbyist, and former President of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS). Steve and Lin decided to blend their family names and use the combined "Hatfield Dodds". He is an active Christian, a prominent member of Kippax Uniting Church, and active in the Zadok Institute for Christianity and Society. References Further reading Hatfield Dodds, S. (2006), Building momentum for global action on climate change: Crafting policy approaches that enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and incentives for participation in international action (Submission to Stern Review) Hatfield Dodds, S. (2007), The economic impacts of deep cuts to Australia's greenhouse emissions, ECOS Issue 134, pp. 12–15, CSIRO, January 2007. Hatfield Dodds, S., Adams, P.D. (2007), Beyond the Double Dividend: Modelling the impacts of achieving deep cuts in Australian greenhouse emissions. Paper presented at the Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Queenstown, New Zealand, February 2007. Hatfield-Dodds, S., Jackson, E.K., Adams, P.D. and Gerardi, W. (2007), Leader, follower or free rider? The economic impacts of different Australian emission targets, The Climate Institute, Sydney, Australia. Living people Australian economists Uniting Church in Australia people Australian activists Year of birth missing (living people) People from Canberra