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"According to Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, the
latest emissions data show “we are on track to reach our 2030 targets” under
the Paris Agreement. In 2024, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions were “27%
below 2005 levels”. That’s great news, right?
Well, yes and no. Australia continues to rely on changes in land use to
compensate for emissions released into the atmosphere.
In other words, Australia’s plants are considered to be taking more carbon
dioxide out of the atmosphere now than in 2005. Their efforts are captured in
the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector, which is the single
largest reason for the significant reduction in Australian emissions.
Without accounting for land use, Australia’s emissions have only decreased 3%
since 2005, not 27%.
If Australia is serious about reducing emissions and tracking towards net zero
by 2050, we need to tackle a series of inconvenient truths about fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels feed into almost every aspect of our lives, not just cars and
power plants. There are substitutes, but they are not easy to source – and they
don’t come cheap."
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
