Our government is despicably arrogant and should be held to account. The UN Conference at Paris in November is going to see world leaders attempt to sign onto a global deal to tackle climate change. Paris is a big step on the long road to making sure we have a safe climate. World leaders will need to choose: are they on our side, or are they on the side of the big polluting companies? Australians, in particular, are going to have to hold their government to account. In the past twelve months, our government has abolished a carbon price which was working to cut pollution, and replaced with a $2.5 billion subsidy scheme for polluters. The Government has not been able to point to any independent modeling which shows its so-called “Direct Action” policy can reach our 5% target, which the Climate Change Authority thinks is inadequate. At the same time, our government has played a blocking role at recent UN climate conferences in Lima and Warsaw. We only reluctantly offered a contribution to the Green Climate Fund. And now, in 2015, when the UN is asking all countries to place our new targets on the table by March, we have come up with our own deadline and will announce three months’ late. Read more: sbs.au/news/article/2015/01/16/comment-global-warming-here-and-australia-feeling-impact
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 07:05:56 +0000
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