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"There’s a reason political commentators refer to Australia’s “climate wars”.
Every time a climate policy is put on the table, supporters and opponents come
out in force and duke it out.
Last year, debates over Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions target led to a
heated contest between various groups such as the Climate Council — arguing for
strong action — and others such as the Business Council of Australia, which
commissioned modelling to highlight the economic costs of a strong target.
This was not a one-off. Since at least the 1990s, emissions-intensive
industries such as coal and gas and their lobby groups have had an outsized
influence on climate policy. This includes groups such as the Minerals Council
of Australia, which represents BHP, Rio Tinto and Whitehaven Coal, and
Australian Energy Producers, which lobbies on behalf of BP, Shell and Woodside,
among others.
Until now, we did not have a good understanding of who mobilises on climate
policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas
they mobilise. In our new research, we found a core set of only 20 groups
dominating climate policy debate in Australia, including gas corporations,
industry lobby groups, environmental NGOs, and think tanks."
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
