Tag: Net zero by 2050
No, Mr Morrison – the safeguard mechanism is not a ‘sneaky carbon tax
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week claimed Labor was planning a “sneaky carbon tax” should it win power, and Nationals senator Matt Canavan declared the goal...
Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption
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Many climate activists, scientists, engineers and politicians are trying to reassure us the climate crisis can be solved rapidly without any changes to lifestyle,...
Australia’s refusal to sign a global methane pledge exposes flaws in the term ‘net-zero’
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At the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, more than 90 nations signed a global pledge led by the United States and United Kingdom...
View from The Hill: Morrison’s net-zero plan is built more on politics than detailed policy
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Boris Johnson enthused about the Morrison government’s belated embrace of the 2050 net-zero target. “They’ve done a heroic thing, the Australians,...
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...
Grattan on Saturday: Can Barnaby Joyce sell his supporters the net zero he’s previously trashed?
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Barnaby Joyce will probably never again have so much power as he does at this moment, in his trading with Scott...