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"Australia has 116 new coal, oil and gas projects in the pipeline. If they all
proceed as planned, an extra 1.4 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases would be
released into the atmosphere annually by 2030.
To put that in perspective, Australia’s total domestic greenhouse gas emissions
in 2021–22 were 490 million tonnes. So annual emissions from these new projects
would be the almost three times larger than the nation’s 2021-22 emissions.
That’s the equivalent of starting up 215 new coal power stations, based on the
average emissions of Australia’s current existing coal power stations.
The reason we can get away with this is the current global framework for
emissions accounting only considers emissions generated onshore. And almost all
coal, oil and gas from these new projects would be exported. But as we share
the atmosphere with the rest of the people on the planet, the consequences will
come back to bite us.
This week the Synthesis Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) described how fossil fuels are wreaking havoc on the planet. The
science is clear: the IPCC says fossil fuel use is overwhelmingly driving
global warming.
“The sooner emissions are reduced this decade, the greater our chance of
limiting warming to 1.5℃ or 2℃. Projected CO₂ emissions from existing fossil
fuel infrastructure (power plants, mines, pipelines) without additional
abatement exceed the remaining carbon budget for 1.5℃,” the IPCC says, let
alone new coal, oil and gas projects."
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
