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"The Morrison government has used sweeping new powers to override state and
territory government support for an international agreement to cut greenhouse
gas emissions.
The federal government has deployed recently passed laws to overturn the
participation of five states and territories in the global Under 2 Coalition.
In an email dated 23 November, an official with the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade told his counterpart in the Victorian government that its
participation in the coalition was “no longer in operation”.
The email warned the Victorian government that under the new Foreign Relations
(States and Territories) Act 2020, sign up to the agreement was now
illegitimate.
The email said Victoria had 14 days to tell the global organisation it had
“failed to properly classify” the state’s involvement in a 2015 Memorandum of
Understanding.
Two-hundred-and-sixty sub-national governments worldwide have signed up to the
the Under 2 coalition, representing 1.75 billion people and 50% of the global
economy. Members commit to keeping global temperature rises to well below 2C,
with efforts to reach 1.5C. Thirty-five states and regions in the coalition
have committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 or earlier.
“[T]he MOU has also been invalidated for a number of other states and
territories,” the official said, naming the ACT, Northern Territory, Queensland
and South Australia. He did not cite NSW, which has lately signed up."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "such petty, bloody-minded bullying by Australia's
government. shame."
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
