Tag: emissions reduction
Labor’s 2030 climate target betters the Morrison government, but Australia must go much further, much faster
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The Labor opposition has pledged to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 43% this decade based on 2005 levels, claiming the...
‘The Australian way’: how Morrison trashed brand Australia at COP26
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As the COP26 climate talks wind up in Glasgow, Australia has again proved itself a climate laggard on the world stage. Prime...
As the world surges ahead on electric vehicle policy, the Morrison government’s new strategy leaves Australia idling in the garage
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The Morrison government will this week announced its long-awaited electric vehicle strategy, coinciding with COP26 climate change talks underway in Glasgow. The new policy contains some...
Scott Morrison spruiks electric vehicles – but rules out subsidies and an end-date for petrol cars
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After demonising Labor’s policy on electric cars before the 2019 election, the federal government has put electric vehicles at the centre...
COP26: it’s half-time at the crucial Glasgow climate change summit – and here’s the score
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The first week of the United Nations climate talks in Glasgow has drawn to a close. While there’s still a way to...
Australia’s stumbling, last-minute dash for climate respectability doesn’t negate a decade of abject failure
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has just announced that Australia will adopt a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The...