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Gas discovery at centre of Turkey-Greece dispute will ‘make world even less safe’
The giant gas reserves at the heart of a bitter political standoff between Greece and Turkey could lead to the same carbon emissions as the whole of France and Spain combined every year, according to a report that has called for the proposed gas pipeline project to be scrapped.
The gas discovery has inflamed regional tensions in the eastern Mediterranean as Greece and Turkey vie for control of new fossil fuel reserves in disputed waters and, according to Global Witness, the climate cost will outweigh its value in Europe’s carbon neutral future.
Continue reading...Pandemic should be ‘catalyst for change’, warns Blueprint Institute, which has close ties with former Liberals including Christopher Pyne
A centre-right thinktank with links to former Liberal ministers Robert Hill and Christopher Pyne warns failing to commit to net zero emissions by 2050 will diminish Australia’s international standing and harm our economic competitiveness.
The arguments are laid out in a new report that will be released on Friday by the Blueprint Institute. The report will be launched by the New South Wales environment minister, Matt Kean, who this week declared his party needed to better represent the interests of voters committed to climate action, and end the pointless, backward-looking arguments.
Related: Marise Payne declines to welcome adoption of net zero emissions target by Japan and South Korea
The net zero commitment and agreement to meet the Paris targets without Kyoto credits.
Beefing up investment in transmission infrastructure.
Mapping a fair transition for coal communities.
Further support for the commercialisation of low emissions technologies.
Pressing ahead with green hydrogen, steel and aluminium.
Related: NSW environment minister urges end to 'pointless, backward-looking arguments' about climate action
Continue reading...Climate crisis exacerbates extreme weather during natural events, say experts
La Niña climate event is under way, heralding a colder and stormier winter than usual across the northern hemisphere, but 2020 remains likely to be one of the warmest years on record.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared La Niña event – a cooling of surface ocean water along the Pacific coast of the South American tropics – to help governments and humanitarian agencies plan for extreme weather events around the world.
Continue reading...Party has signed off on document acknowledging role gas plays in economic growth, job creation and electricity generation
A public battle between Anthony Albanese, Mark Butler and Joel Fitzgibbon over Labor’s language regarding gas has triggered a process whereby the ALP has agreed to support new gas projects, subject to environmental approvals and reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
The brawl was triggered when the shadow resources minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, publicly endorsed the taxpayer underwriting of new gas infrastructure championed by one of Scott Morrison’s most influential business advisers, Nev Power, before seeing any of the specifics.
Related: Unions urge ALP to accept need for gas and back blue collar workers or face losing next election
Related: NSW environment minister urges end to 'pointless, backward-looking arguments' about climate action
Continue reading...Bank says it will stop lending to its largest customers unless businesses have carbon transition plans
A climate change commitment from ANZ to halt lending to its largest customers unless the businesses can prove carbon transition plans by next year has been cautiously welcomed by conservationists, but enraged senior Nationals MPs.
ANZ’s new emissions policies, outlined in a climate change statement at its full year results presentation on Thursday morning, aim to support efforts to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 – but not net zero gas or oil by 2050 – with significant steps to be taken by the 2021 financial year to shape the bank’s operations until 2030.
Related: Overwhelming majority believe Australia is already experiencing climate change
Continue reading...Australia’s foreign minister says ‘it’s a matter for those countries’ after being questioned on the matter five times by Penny Wong
The foreign affairs minister Marise Payne says Australia “acknowledges” decisions by Japan and South Korea to adopt net zero targets for 2050, but she has declined to welcome that development, despite Australia’s status as a signatory to the Paris agreement.
This week Japan pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, as did South Korea. China last month pledged to reach carbon neutrality by no later than 2060.
Related: NSW environment minister urges end to 'pointless, backward-looking arguments' about climate action
Related: Australian PM's office omits net zero emissions from account of Morrison's talk with Johnson
Continue reading...Restoring and connecting habitat across Britain could save a fifth of species by 2030, says report by Rewilding Britain
Global heating is shifting Britain’s climatic zones by up to 5km each year, outpacing wildlife’s ability to adapt and survive, according to a new report by Rewilding Britain.
If species cannot adapt to higher temperatures or relocate elsewhere, they will be threatened with extinction.
Continue reading...St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides
The holiday season in St Augustine, Florida, is approaching, and residents are looking ahead to the annual Nights of Lights festival – a months-long tradition that sees millions of white lights strung along every corner of the city’s historic downtown.
But an old enemy is rearing its head: the sea. Increasingly, residents have to wear rain boots just to get to their cars and plan their commutes to avoid roads that are flooded with salty sea water.
This article is co-published with Adapt, a climate change publication from WJCT Public Media in Jacksonville, Florida
Continue reading...South Korea relies on coal for about 40% of its electricity generation, with renewables making up less than 6%
South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, has declared that the country will go carbon neutral by 2050, bringing it into line with other major economies.
In a policy speech in the national assembly on Wednesday, Moon said South Korea, one of the world’s most fossil fuel-reliant economies, would “actively respond” to the climate emergency “with the international community and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050”.
Related: Japan will become carbon neutral by 2050, PM pledges
Continue reading...Intervention by ‘economically rational Liberal’ comes as Anthony Albanese hedges on 2030 emissions targets
Australian PM’s office omits net zero emissions from account of Morrison’s talk with JohnsonOverwhelming majority believe Australia is already experiencing climate changeThe New South Wales environment minister, the Liberal Matt Kean, has launched a clarion call for his party to represent “the forgotten people” who “don’t march down George Street” and “don’t have a platform on Sky News” but support meaningful action on climate change.
Borrowing “the forgotten people” from the Liberal party founder, Robert Menzies, Kean told a forum organised by the Australia Institute on Wednesday that the free market was driving an inexorable transition to low-emission energy sources but “politics and ideology” had been getting in the way of market forces.
Related: Australian PM's office omits net zero emissions from account of Morrison's talk with Johnson
Related: Overwhelming majority believe Australia is already experiencing climate change
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