Despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, global greenhouse gas emissions surged to new highs last year, UN-backed agency says.
World “way off track” as global emissions surge to new highs, WMO says
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Joyce fills Morrison’s policy vacuum and says no to green energy transition
Morrison has ceded control of Australia’s climate policies to Joyce’s Nationals, and didn’t even ask them to support an increased 2030 target.
IEA says global coal use must halve by 2030, clean energy investment “far too slow”
IEA says current climate pledges not nearly enough to get to zero net emissions, more must be done to shake the “stubborn incumbency” of fossil fuels.
Australians reject “gas led recovery” as climate concern surges to new highs
New survey shows 8 in 10 Australians support the phase-out of coal power, and vast majority say economic recovery should be powered by renewables, not gas.
Not even the BCA or Murdoch papers can divert Taylor from his love of gas
The Business Council and the Murdoch media come out in support of the green transition, but they can’t sway the ideological monster they created.
Gina Rinehart peddles climate denial to students in bizarre video rant
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, uses message to school students to peddle long-discredited claims that global warming is not real.
What is Scott Morrison doing in New York? Nothing on climate, it seems
While other world leaders arrive in New York to discuss cooperation on Covid and climate, Morrison will be trying to patch up his submarine blunder.
Black Summer bushfires released more than a year’s worth of Australian emissions
New research suggests emissions from the 2019/2020 Black Summer of bushfires were double previous estimates, and triggered a plankton bloom bigger than Australia.
Too little, too late: Morrison may want praise in Glasgow, but net zero by 2050 won’t cut it
There is growing speculation that Morrison will adopt a 2050 target for net zero – but the science, and Australia’s allies, say it’s too little too late.
BHP board backs shareholder call to review membership of pro-coal industry groups
BHP board backs shareholder push to review membership of industry groups opposed to climate action – but will it change anything?
