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"Australia’s Liberal and National Party Coalition has once again cemented its
reputation as a global climate vandal, after agreeing to abandon net zero and
repeal the meagre 2030 emissions target, while somehow also remaining a
signatory to the Paris agreement.
The shadow Liberal ministry emerged from a four-hour long meeting in Canberra
on Thursday having agreed to continue the party’s singular focus on complaining
about electricity prices, without any semblance of a plan to reduce them.
This will apparently involve decoupling energy policy from climate and
emissions, despite the timely reminder from CSIRO-based Global Carbon Project
that the use of fossil fuels accounts for about 90 per cent of the world’s
emissions, and are this year projected to rise.
“The Liberal Party will remove a net zero target from our policy, and if
elected, we will remove the 43% 2030 target and its net zero by 2050 target
from the
Climate Change Act,” opposition leader Sussan Ley told reporters on
Thursday afternoon, adding that it remained committed to the Paris agreement.
Asked how these two positions could possibly coexist, it became clear very
quickly that the Liberal Party has its own take on what the Paris accord
actually requires of signatories – and that it sees net zero by 2050 as a “nice
to have,” rather than urgent, science-backed target.
“Our commitment is that we will reduce emissions on average, year on year … and
we will do that in line [with] doing our fair share with comparable countries,
and we’ll do it as far and as fast as technologies will allow,” she said.
“While it’s not our policy … to set long-term targets, net zero would be
welcome if we can get there with technology, with choice and with voluntary
markets,” she told reporters.
“Make no mistake, we are not pursuing net zero.
“Paris is about a global agreement to bring down temperatures and reduce
emissions …This is a plan to bring down emissions and to provide affordable
energy … and if there are reasons why people in Paris or in some United Nations
Organisation don’t like it, I can deal with that.”
Perhaps Ley also believes she can “deal with” science and physics of climate
change."
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
