Australia’s heavy industry is moving ahead of the Morrison government on emission reduction deadlines to set its own targets as major trading partners announce ambitious climate goals for 2030.
The Business Council, peak employer representative Ai Group, and the agriculture sector have called for Australia to set a net zero deadline for 2050. Australia’s big miners and energy companies have set their own deadlines for 2050 or even earlier, and are already investing in clean technology and the nascent hydrogen fuel industry.Mr Morrison used his summit speech to argue Australia would only set a more ambitious target if it could guarantee the economic outcome.
At the climate summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China’s coal consumption would peak no later than 2025 and then start declining. China has previously pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2060. “We’re going through that process and when we have more to say about that, we will,” Mr Morrison said. “When we’re in a position to do that, that’s where we will make them .”Australia’s major trading partners used the climate summit to set ambitious 2030 goals and have already committed to net zero 2050 deadlines. The federal government is committed to reducing emissions by 26 to 28 per cent by 2030 and has not set a deadline to reach net zero.
This is stark contrast between 'may' attitude of a PM as compared to WILL committments by responsible corporate leadership.
Am all for climate change and emission reductions but at the moment these leaders should be holding conferences about stopping Covid-19 and try to come up with a world wide solution to this virus.....
Morrison lacks the intelligence for ambitious targets he is ruled by the mining industry and does what he is told
Using any BS to undermine LIbs....... Power on SCOMO, doing good job and God Bless Aust.
We’re so backward. From racism to climate change to vaccination rollout. Always behind everyone else.