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"Capital cities across Australia could face scorching temperatures exceeding
50°C, and a surge in extreme fire days, unless more action is taken to address
climate change, the Climate Council has warned.
The independent climate science organisation released a report on Wednesday
that urges Australia to aim for net zero by 2035 – rather than the current
target of 2050 – to help accelerate global efforts on climate change, as
scientists warn of increasingly dire impacts on current trajectories.
The Climate Council’s
Stronger Target, Safer Future report calls for
Australia to cut climate pollution by 75 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030
(the current target is 43 per cent), and to reach net zero by 2035.
It comes as Nationals MP and former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce seeks
support for a bill calling for the abolition of net zero targets, an idea
supported by the country’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, many conservative
MPs, right wing think tanks and fossil fuel lobby groups.
Another Nationals MP, and former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack has
also voiced his support for the Joyce net zero repeal. Both Joyce and McCormack
represent electorates in NSW with some of the best wind and solar resources in
the country, and some of the biggest projects.
Joyce, who last week called for the word “farm” to be removed from wind and
solar projects, because he says it disrespects actual farmers, said on
Wednesday he had “never agreed” to a net zero deal.
In 2016, at the unveiling of the White Rock wind farm in his own electorate,
Joyce was happy to use the words “wind farm” and touted its emissions and jobs
benefits.
“White Rock Wind Farm will put New England on the map as a national leader in
renewable energy production and drive local jobs and economic activity through
the construction phase,” Joyce said at the time.
“This and other clean energy projects proposed for the region will ensure the
New England is a major player in the field and sending power to the New England
and beyond. Clean energy is essential to meet our emissions reduction
targets.”"
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
