New EV car sales up 230% in 2021
It’s a significant increase on the previous year but Australia still lags behind most developed countries in the inevitable shift to electric vehicles. The just-released stats: 24,078 EVs were sold in …
What a week!
Disgusting accusations, growling, shouting, standover tactics by the PM re floor-crossing, dogged insistence on keeping ‘national cabinet’ minutes and alleged rape response secret, guest workers exploitation revealed. Truly, this all happened. …
COP26 not a great start
In the opening ceremony of COP26 UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres called on world leaders to escalate climate action saying the world’s nations are “digging our own graves”. The UN Emissions Gap Report shows that …
It’s not a plan – just bad slogans and empty rhetoric
As predicted, there is nothing new in what the Prime Minister will take to Glasgow. A booklet, a slideshow of meaningless graphs and symbols and a firm commitment to stick …
CoP26 debacle
With just 3 weeks to go, the Prime Minister finally announced today that, yes, he will go to Glasgow, he may or may not have a plausible plan to reduce emissions – it’s still being finalised.
Break it down: target sectors with the biggest emissions footprints
Start with the sectors that contribute the most to Australia’s greenhouse emissions: Electricity, stationary energy, transport and agriculture.
A pathway to net-zero emissions, targeting key sectors
Many countries have now committed to net zero by 2050, including Japan, South Korea, the EU and Canada. It is high time Australia did the same and committed to net zero …
Be honest. Declare a climate emergency
The first demand, and the one that all the other demands lead from, is to tell the truth. A democracy cannot function if people don’t know the truth of what is happening in the world. The earth …
A price on carbon for a carbon-constrained world
We propose to implement a carbon tax of $30/tonne, with the price to increase in line with carbon prices adopted by Australia’s key trade partners. This would raise over $10 billion per year, funding income tax cuts that will assist those …
Mitigating climate change
Agricultural production and land-clearing account for 22% of Australia’s carbon emissions, representing a significant contribution to the nation’s overall net carbon emissions. Various Australian groups have endorsed an international plan …