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The government in Delhi must be more ambitious. Current plans for more renewable energy plants are just a tenth of what is needed.
Just 11 months after the Paris climate talks, the resulting treaty has come into force. The rapid ratification looks set to heap even more pressure on Australia to come up with a credible climate policy.
Britain was among Europe’s most progressive voices on climate policy. Its imminent withdrawal leaves the European Union grappling with voices of dissent from member states such as Poland.
The Paris climate deal comes ‘pre-packaged’ by the promises nations have already made. But the issue of global climate finance could still scupper the talks.
After being quietly ignored at Copenhagen 2009, these talks are a big challenge for the EU.
India has pledged to ramp up renewable energy and make its economy more carbon-efficient. And while that will help cut emissions, the main motivation is to give power to the many who still lack access to electricity.
Countries that drag their feet on climate action have fewer places to hide these days. Rules brought in at the 2014 Lima talks require them not just to set targets, but to publicly justify them too.
This month Canada revealed its post-2020 climate target as 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. But current policies make it unlikely Canada will achieve the target within the country.
Australia’s emissions target will inevitably be compared with other leading nations. But a fair target should be calculated not on a basis of comparison, but on the world’s shared 2-degree climate goal.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has hinted that Australia risks becoming an outsider at this year’s Paris climate talks if it doesn’t match the ambition of many other countries’ climate pledges.
Ahead of meetings at the end of this year in Paris, countries will submit draft contributions for a global climate deal. The goal: reducing greenhouse gases beyond 2020, and ultimately keeping global warming below 2C.
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Griffith Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University
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Professor & Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
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Director of Workforce Development, Clean Energy Council, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Policy, University of York
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Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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