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"Australia has been “two-faced” by pushing to host the UN-backed COP31 climate
conference in 2026 even as it has been approving massive new oil, gas and coal
projects, an international climate group says.
The country has been described as a “planet wrecker” alongside the US, Norway
and Canada by climate advocacy group Oil Change International (OCI) over the
contradiction between pledges to address climate change and failure to take
actual steps towards addressing the problem.
Romain Ioualalen, OCI Global Policy lead, said that if Australia wanted to “be
a credible COP host”, it needed to stop opening fossil fuel developments and
extending the working life of existing assets such as the North West Shelf gas
processing facility.
“There’s a deep discrepancy between the image Australia wants to give itself
through this COP bid – one of a global climate leader – and its domestic
pursuit of more coal and gas production,” Ioualalen said.
“You can’t be a credible climate leader and a rich country pursuing new fossil
fuel production, you have to pick.”
A decision on the host of COP31 – being sought by both Australia and Turkey –
could be made this week at the start of interim climate talks in Bonn,
Germany."
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
