Climate Council will create clean jobs and investment opportunities in the state, but a higher target would unlock more benefits and better protect Victorians from worsening climate impacts, the Climate Council says.
Today, the Victorian Government announced an emission reduction target of 28-33% by 2025, and 45-50% for 2030 – as well as a plan for how to get there. Previously, the state had a 15-20% emission reduction target for 2020, which was met.
Climate Council spokesman Professor Will Steffen said the new Victorian climate target was progress, particularly in the wake of federal government inaction, but the state was missing out on even greater benefits that stronger emission reductions would bring.
Victoria's plan to halve the state's greenhouse gas emissions in just nine years will pile pressure on the Morrison government to step up its "pathetic" targets, supporters say.The state Labor government has finally revealed interim targets to reach its ultimate goal of net zero emissions by 2050.
One of Noosa s most passionate climate change action advocates has taken to heart a dire warning that Australia must triple its emissions cuts within the next decade to head off a nightmare future. The Climate Council has just released its latest findings that the country must reach net zero emissions by 2035 or suffer the catastrophic impacts of accelerating climate change and Noosa councillor Brian Stockwell needs no convincing. Cr Stockwell said unless local communities rapidly improve their emission savings, Noosa in the coming years could be hit by dengue fever outbreaks, savage heatwaves impacting on an ageing population and regular bushfire seasons similar to the 2019 infernos.
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New report: Australia must triple its climate goal this decade
AUSTRALIA must triple its emissions cuts within the next decade and reach net zero emissions soon after to protect Australians from the impacts of accelerating climate change, a new Climate Council report says.
As momentum for climate action grows around the world, the Aim High, Go fast: Why emissions need to plummet this decade report explains why all efforts to stabilise the climate system should focus on steps taken in the 2020s. A smart, achievable, and scientifically-backed contribution from Australia is a 75 percent cut in emissions (below 2005 levels) by 2030, and reaching net zero emissions by 2035.