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"At last year’s Glasgow climate conference, countries lined up to increase
their ambition to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Even Australia brought a new
target of net-zero emissions by 2050, and signed the final agreement which
called for a global “phase down” of coal.
That leaves Australia with two particularly important tasks. First, our power
grid – reliant on coal for about half our electricity – must shift to renewable
energy. Second, we must dramatically reduce coal exports, which produce about
3% of global CO₂ emissions when burned overseas.
Clearly, Australia needs to have a serious conversation about what the move
away from coal means, and how to make it fair. This shift is often called a
“just transition”. In our recent study we examined how the idea is understood
in Australia.
We found several barriers to a productive conversation about the just
transition – not least, an almost complete absence of the federal government in
talking about or planning for it. This is a failing the next government must
not repeat."
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
