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"Germany has announced plans for a new climate alliance between the world’s
advanced economies, in a move that promises to transform international climate
action.
This year, Germany is the president of the G7 – a key forum for wealthy
democracies to discuss solutions to global challenges.
New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who replaced long-time leader Angela Merkel
in December last year, wants the G7 nations to become founding members of an
international “carbon club”. This alliance of countries would coordinate shared
climate policy standards and impose costs on countries that don’t meet them.
The proposal should ring alarm bells in Canberra. It is likely to mean economic
and diplomatic costs for Australia, and further isolate this nation as a
climate laggard on the world stage. To avoid this, Australia should at least
match the climate ambition of G7 countries, by pledging to halve greenhouse gas
emissions this decade."
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
