World Environment Day Melbourne citizens #StopAdani Protest outside Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg's Kooyong office - 5 June 2017
Photo by Julian Meehan
Copyright: Creative Commons CC-by-SA
On World Environment Day locals gather on a wintery Monday morning to tell Josh Frydenberg that they want Australia to move rapidly to solar, wind and storage and actually reduce our emissions, not just see the Paris Agreement as some kind of diplomacy bargaining chip.
The CEFC Board is up for renewal, and Finkel seems likely to only deliver a gas promoting LET not a real transition. With continued posturing on the "gas crisis" (when there is a global gas glut) and "clean coal", constituents are not happy with public funding being diverted from clean energy back to coal and gas. As Australia's emissions continue to climb its a big FAIL on #WorldEnvironmentDay
Josh Frydenberg needs to step up and stop the Adani Carmichael coal mine from being developed as it is inconsistent with Australia's ratification and commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement to keep temperatures well below 2C temperature target. 95 per cent of Australia's coal must remain unexploited to be consistent with limiting temperatures to 2C according to a 2015 peer reviewed study by Ekins and McGlade
If all of the Galilee Basin coal was burned, it is estimated that 705 million tonnes of carbon dioxide would be released each year – more than 1.3 times Australia’s current annual emissions. If all Galilee coal mines go ahead = 705 MT CO2/year or 1.96% of current annual global emissions of 36Gt CO2. Reminder on the science re Galilee Basin coal from climate scientist Will Steffen from September 2015 (PDF). Or read the more recent Climate Council report (May 2017) Risky Business: Health, Climate and Economic Risks of the Carmichael Coalmine
World Environment Day Melbourne citizens #StopAdani Protest outside Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg's Kooyong office - 5 June 2017
Photo by Julian Meehan
Copyright: Creative Commons CC-by-SA
On World Environment Day locals gather on a wintery Monday morning to tell Josh Frydenberg that they want Australia to move rapidly to solar, wind and storage and actually reduce our emissions, not just see the Paris Agreement as some kind of diplomacy bargaining chip.
The CEFC Board is up for renewal, and Finkel seems likely to only deliver a gas promoting LET not a real transition. With continued posturing on the "gas crisis" (when there is a global gas glut) and "clean coal", constituents are not happy with public funding being diverted from clean energy back to coal and gas. As Australia's emissions continue to climb its a big FAIL on #WorldEnvironmentDay
Josh Frydenberg needs to step up and stop the Adani Carmichael coal mine from being developed as it is inconsistent with Australia's ratification and commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement to keep temperatures well below 2C temperature target. 95 per cent of Australia's coal must remain unexploited to be consistent with limiting temperatures to 2C according to a 2015 peer reviewed study by Ekins and McGlade
If all of the Galilee Basin coal was burned, it is estimated that 705 million tonnes of carbon dioxide would be released each year – more than 1.3 times Australia’s current annual emissions. If all Galilee coal mines go ahead = 705 MT CO2/year or 1.96% of current annual global emissions of 36Gt CO2. Reminder on the science re Galilee Basin coal from climate scientist Will Steffen from September 2015 (PDF). Or read the more recent Climate Council report (May 2017) Risky Business: Health, Climate and Economic Risks of the Carmichael Coalmine