Climate change: Why Australia refuses to give up coal

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 05:34:15 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57925798

"In a world racing to reduce pollution, Australia is a stark outlier.

It is one of the dirtiest countries per head of population and a massive global
supplier of fossil fuels. Unusually for a rich nation, it also still burns coal
for most of its electricity.

Australia's 2030 emissions target - a 26% cut on 2005 levels - is half the US
and UK benchmarks.

Canberra has also resisted joining the two-thirds of countries who have pledged
net zero emissions by 2050.

And instead of phasing out coal - the worst fossil fuel - it's committed to
digging for more.

So it's no surprise that Australia is being viewed as a "bad guy" going into
the COP26 global climate talks in Glasgow, analysts say."

Via Robert Sanscartier.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
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

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