Labor’s climate policy is too little, too late. We must run faster to win the race

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 05:20:38 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/labors-climate-policy-is-too-little-too-late-we-must-run-faster-to-win-the-race-132263>

"Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s announcement on Friday that a
Labor government would adopt a target of net-zero emissions by 2050 was
a big step in the right direction. But a bit of simple maths reveals the
policy is too little, too late.

Perhaps the most robust way to assess whether a proposed climate action
is strong enough to meet a temperature target is to apply the “carbon
budget” approach. A carbon budget is the cumulative amount of carbon
dioxide the world can emit to stay within a desired temperature target.

Once the budget is spent (in other words, the carbon dioxide is
emitted), the world must have achieved net-zero emissions if the
temperature target is to be met."

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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