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"If the world acts now, we can avoid the worst outcomes of climate change
without any significant effect on standards of living. That’s a key message
from the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The key phrase here is “acts now”. Jim Skea, co-chair of the IPCC working group
behind the report, said it’s “now or never” to keep global warming to 1.5℃.
Action means cutting emissions from fossil fuel use rapidly and hard. Global
emissions must peak within three years to have any chance of keeping warming
below 1.5℃.
Unfortunately, Australia is not behaving as if the largest issue facing us is
urgent – in fact, we’re doubling down on fossil fuels.
In recent years, Australia overtook Qatar to become the world’s largest
exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). We’re still the second-largest
exporter of thermal coal, and the largest for metallurgical coal.
Time’s up, Australia. We have to talk about weaning ourselves off fossil fuels
and exporting our wealth of clean alternatives."
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
