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"At the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow last week, more than 40
countries pledged to phase out coal-fired power. Some were big coal-using
countries such as Poland, Canada and Vietnam – however Australia was not among
them. Australia was similarly absent for a methane reduction pledge.
Achieving the Paris Agreement — limiting global warming to well below 2℃ and
preferably 1.5℃ — requires the rapid phase out of coal, oil and fossil gas.
Failure to do so will spell the end of the Great Barrier Reef and make a large
swathe of Australia virtually unlivable.
Yet the Morrison government’s technology-driven net-zero “plan” contains no
concrete measures to end this fossil fuel addiction. It’s more a placeholder
than a strategy, fulfilling the government’s need to have a document to wave
around. Meanwhile, the government seems intent on sitting back and letting the
future happen, rather than creating it.
I’ve spent 25 years working and investing in technology commercialisation,
focusing over the past 15 years on clean technologies. I know Australia doesn’t
need to wait for new technology before committing to and achieving deep
emissions cuts. Most technologies we need already exist – they just need to be
deployed, rapidly and at massive scale. And that requires an
actual plan."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
