Despite the ongoing pandemic, the agenda for 2022 includes key developments to tackle the connected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
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Plan to cut emissions quickly, use offsets sparingly and set broader goals for improving society.
On the tail of yet another year of climate disasters, 2022 ushers in the final version of the Paris Agreement, making it a functioning global climate treaty. But it alone can’t save us.
The dust has settled on COP26 and one of the summit’s few achievements looks decidedly less impressive.
Labor’s 2030 emission reduction target of 43% is more ambitious than the Coalition, but still falls well below what the science says is needed.
The sheer scale of emissions from the expansion, and projects linked, to it will make achieving 2030 emission targets much harder for Western Australia and by extension, Australia and the world.
Loss and damage – the three words which define the COP26 Glasgow summit’s disappointing outcome.
COP26 saw incremental progress but not the breakthrough moment needed.
Pitched at an initial US$8.5 billion, the partnership has the potential to be one of the largest individual climate finance transactions to date. But can a just transition be achieved?
Only in coming years will we know if COP26 was a real game-changer for the planet, or just empty promises and spin.
The Morrison government’s great refusal to take action on climate may come back to haunt Australia when we seek the cooperation of other countries.
We cannot claim that inducing others to reduce emissions gives us a moral license to emit in their place.
In Paris, the French drafted ambitious texts and dared the biggest emitters to oppose it. In Glasgow, it’s the least developed countries which will have to do the most work.
Heading into the final days of the Glasgow summit, the goal of limiting heating below 2℃ looks attainable, and 1.5℃ is still within reach. There is still room for hope.
It’s encouraging to see the Morrison government move past its claim electric vehicles would ‘end the weekend’. But the new plan is not the national electric vehicle strategy Australia deserves, and badly needs.
We already have most technologies Australia needs to make the clean energy transition. What’s missing is a plan to deploy them at huge scale.
Targets for reductions in methane and other greenhouse gases should be guided by science, and set in line with the Paris deal.
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison returns from the Glasgow climate summit, he must start a proper national conversation on net-zero.
Helping developing nations pay for the expensive work of emissions reduction and adaptation benefits everyone on the planet.
A global emissions-credit trading system could bring an end to the production of coal-fired electricity, spur innovation and help countries meet their greenhouse gas emissions goals.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
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Research Fellow in the politics of industrial decarbonisation policy, University of Sussex
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Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
