No New Australian Climate Committment - Zero - But "Future Gens Will Thank Us", Says ScoMo
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While other nations used their speaking slots to welcome the US back to global climate action after the setbacks and rancour of the Trump era, and to focus predominantly on the importance of cooperative, urgent, action, Morrison’s contribution struck a different tone. With diplomatic pressure mounting on Australia to produce commitments commensurate with pledges from comparable countries, the prime minister’s speech was an implicit rebuttal of the consistent international criticism Australia faces after more than a decade of toxic partisanship about climate policy.
Morrison emphasised the country’s rapid rollout of solar and wind power, which has continued without an overarching federal energy policy, and said Australia was “on the pathway to net-zero” despite not joining the more than 100 countries who have formally adopted the target.
“Our goal is to get there as soon as we possibly can,” he said. “For Australia, it is not a question of if, or even by when, for net-zero but, importantly, how. That is why we are investing in priority new technology solutions, through our technology investment roadmap initiative”.
Morrison said Australia’s goal was to produce the cheapest “clean hydrogen” in the world, and claimed the transition to net-zero was being led by “pioneering” Australian companies, such as Fortescue, BHP and Rio Tinto, AGL and “so many more of all sizes”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/23/scott-morrison-claims-future-generations-will-thank-us-despite-no-new-emissions-pledge
