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Google News, snapshot 09.06.24
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ABC News,
8 June 2024:
The
federal Coalition has confirmed it will dump Australia's commitment
to reduce emissions by 43 per cent by 2030, arguing it is
unachievable.
Australia
has committed under the Paris Agreement to cutting greenhouse gas
emissions by 43 per cent on 2005 levels by the end of the decade.
Abandoning
the target would also mean withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.
The
Sydney Morning Herald,
8 June 2024:
Opposition
Leader Peter Dutton has signalled he will scrap the nation’s
legally binding 2030 climate target and risk Australia’s membership
of the Paris Agreement on climate change, following his vow to deploy
nuclear energy to reach net zero by 2050.
Dutton
declared on Saturday that a Coalition government would not pursue
Australia’s legally binding climate target to cut emissions by 43
per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 – a significant escalation of
Australia’s long-running climate policy war ahead of the next
federal election due by May next year.
Dutton
told The Australian on Saturday that the government’s renewable
goal was unattainable and “there’s no sense in signing up to
targets you don’t have any prospect of achieving”.
The
opposition has said if it forms government it would build up to seven
emissions-free nuclear power plants to replace the energy supply from
Australia’s dirty coal plants, which have begun to shut down across
the country. He would also pause the rollout of wind and solar farms.
The
CSIRO found Australia could not build a nuclear plant until 2040 and
Dutton has said the Coalition would boost the role of gas power to
fill gaps in the energy grid until his reactors are built....
The Guardian, 8 June 2024:
Opposition
leader reportedly told News Corp he would oppose the legislated 2030
emissions target – a 43% cut compared with 2005 levels – at the
next election....
Dutton
also reportedly conceded that the Coalition’s commitment to
introduce nuclear power in Australia would not lead to plants being
built before 2040, a point made by experts, and critics who have
accused the opposition of planning to delay action to address the
climate crisis.
Yesterday's
very public move against science and commonsense by Opposition Leader
& Liberal MP for Dickson, Peter 'The Dickson
Spuddler' Dutton may or may not be news to the Climate
Change Authority in the nation's capital Canberra.
I
suspect that the intention of this move is to excite his flying
monkeys into 'bombing' yet another independent authority in the hope
of modifying its published opinion.
The
Australian Government's
Climate Change
Authority is
"an independent statutory body established under the Climate Change Authority Act 2011 to provide expert advice to the Australian Government on climate change policy." It
has a Chair, along with seven members, an ex-officio member, a four
member secretariat headed by a CEO and, a published Charter. The
Authority meets at
least every six weeks from February to December,
with its latest meeting held on 14 May 2024.
This
is a brief look at the Authority's views.....
2035
Emissions Reduction Targets,
updated 15 May 2024, excerpts:
The
Climate Change Authority is developing advice on the 2035 emissions
reduction targets for Australia’s next Nationally Determined
Contribution (NDC), as requested by the Minister for Climate Change
and Energy.....
Australia
is due to submit its next NDC
under the Paris Agreement in 2025. Under the
Climate Change Act 2022 the Australian Government must receive the
authority’s advice before submitting Australia’s next emissions
reduction targets. We
expect to submit our 2035 targets advice to the Minister for Climate
Change and Energy in the fourth quarter of 2024....
The
authority will provide advice on the 2035 greenhouse gas emissions
reduction targets it considers should be included in Australia’s
next NDC. We will also advise on the social, employment and economic
benefits of the targets and associated policies it recommends and the
physical impacts of climate change on Australia, including for rural
and regional Australia.
In
accordance with the Climate Change Act 2022, our advice will include
an explanation of how the targets have taken into account matters set
out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, including the global
temperature goals of well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit
the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
The
authority’s work is always guided by the principle set out in the
Climate Change Authority Act 2011 that any measures to respond to
climate change should be, among other considerations, economically
efficient, environmentally effective, equitable, in the public
interest and consistent with Australia’s foreign policy interests
and commitments."
We
consider scientific evidence to understand and advise how the global
temperature goals and broader principles of the Paris Agreement
should guide Australia’s domestic emissions reduction efforts.
In
preparing its advice, the authority will consider the challenges and
opportunities the net zero transition presents for the Australian
economy, and broader contributions Australia can make to the global
effort. This includes looking at how Australia can support
other countries reduce their emissions
and build resilience to climate change impacts, through the goods and
services we export, and by building on our history of contributing to
capacity building through knowledge-sharing, technology transfer and
climate finance in the region.
2024
Issues Paper: Targets, Pathways and Progress,
11 April 2024, excerpt:
The
evidence the authority has considered so far suggests a 2035 target
in the range of 65-75% below
2005 levels would be ambitious,
and could be achievable and sustainable if additional
action is taken
by governments, business, investors and households to achieve it.
However, attempting
to go much
faster could risk significant levels of economic and social
disruption
and put progress at risk.
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