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Zak Kirkup became leader at age 33 in November last year in a move Liberals hoped would invigorate the party. Instead, Mr Kirkup’s been left to face off against a Premier with huge approval ratings.
Young people are obsessed with him.
The keystone of Mr Kirkup’s election campaign has been a pretty ambitious policy to tackle climate change. The targets include a commitment to net zero emissions by 2030, a $3 billion renewable energy project and a promise to close all publicly-owned coal fired power stations by 2025.
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Carbon targets on agenda at world leaders summit, but what is business doing to bring emissions down?
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Carbon-intensive industries in Australia are looking to reduce emissions in line with internationally accepted targets
Most of Australia s carbon industries have specific targets, but they differ markedly with little coordination
Hydrogen is increasingly seen a future source of energy, but the uptake so far is slow
The 2020 United Nations Emissions Gap report this week found that despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3 degrees Celsius this century.