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Showing posts with label emissions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emissions. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Victoria releases latest (2022) Greenhouse gas emissions report showing year on year 4.3 megatonnes increase

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The latest Victorian Greenhouse gas emissions report is for 2022 and contains the headline details for Victoria's emissions profile. It ...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

70% chance that global greenhouse gas emissions start falling in 2024 if clean energy and EV trends continue.

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Ahead of the UN Climate Conference in Dubai, COP28, Climate Analytics researched when global greenhouse gas emissions may peak. There is a 7...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Coalition and Greens pushing NSW Labor Government for 70% emissions reduction by 2035 target

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It seems the NSW Minns Labor government is under pressure to include a more ambitious 2035 emissions reduction target in its climate legisla...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Victoria’s renewable energy generation reached 37.8 per cent of Victoria’s electricity generation in 2022/23

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A Progress report tabled in the Victorian parliament highlights that Victoria has doubled its renewable electricity generation in the last f...

Senate Estimates: As climate change accelerates in 2023, Climate Change Department executive says no change in emission reduction plans

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On Monday, 23 October 2023 during Senate estimates for Environment and Communications Legislative Committee, a question was put to the Depar...
Friday, November 11, 2022

Climate Trace: tool shows global origin of emissions launched by Al Gore at COP27

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  Australia’s emissions are almost double those of Egypt, according to a new global emissions tracker - Climate Trace - launched at COP27. T...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Victoria cut emissions by 29.8% on 2005 levels by 2020. There is a pathway to decarbonisation by 2035 to meet 1.5C target.

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The Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews, announced on 20 September that  Victoria Smashes Emissions Targets . Victoria achieved a 29.8 per cent e...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Aviation exhaust pollution, air quality, and impacts on Human Health - Melbourne Airport 3rd runway expansion

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Melbourne Airport with 3 runways 2026 Option 1, Night 11pm-6am Flight Paths Melbourne Airport is planning a third runway. ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Guest Post: Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050 – new research

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The shipping sector is in urgent need of decarbonisation. pxhere.com Simon Bullock , University ...
Thursday, November 4, 2021

Guest Post: Global emissions almost back to pre-pandemic levels after unprecedented drop in 2020, new analysis shows

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Shuttestock Pep Canadell , CSIRO ; Corinne Le Quéré , University of East Anglia ; Glen Pet...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Victoria reduces emissions by 24.8%, on track for 45-50% reduction by 2030

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Victoria achieved a 24.8 per cent emissions reduction between 2005 and 2019 and the state’s annual emissions dropped below 100 megatonnes of...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Morrison Net Zero 2050 Plan a fraud, with plans to double coal exports, new gas expansion

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Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor with 'Net zero Plan' slide Prime Minister Scott Morrison accompanied by Energy ...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Biden Climate Summit: Australia Fails to Deliver, remains a global outsider and climate laggard

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Here is a quick summary in graphic and point form where the main countries line up on climate commitments at the end of the Climate leaders ...
Saturday, August 1, 2020

Zero net emissions targets and climate action plans need to be reflected in 2040 Hume Council Horizons Vision - Submission

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My submission to the Draft City of Hume Horizons 2040 document to Hume Council. Quickly pulled together with 24 hours notice and submitted a...
Friday, March 29, 2019

Melbourne Airport Runway expansion, risk management and aviation emissions

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A Response from Australia Pacific Airport (Melbourne) to my questions on runway expansion and aviation emissions. On my first question, ...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

Domestic Aviation emissions are booming while Melbourne Airport plans ignore climate risk management

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Growth in domestic transport emissions compared: note aviation emissions growth is well ahead of other transport modes. Source: Charting Tr...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Burning the carbon budget: the aviation emissions profligacy of Finance Minister Mathias Cormann

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The silence on aviation emissions is deafening. And our politicians are some of the worst at exacerbating aviation emissions and climate im...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Australia performs very poorly in 2019 Climate Change Performance Index

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Australia was ranked 55 out of 60 countries in the Climate Change Performance Index published in December 2018 during COP24 UN Climate Con...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Guest Post: Why our carbon emission policies don't work on air travel

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Just came across this post from the Conversation from July 2018. It argues that there are two possibilities to reduce aviation emissions as ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Aviation Emissions and Consultation on the Melbourne Airport Masterplan

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Last night I attended the last public consultation on the Melbourne Airport Masterplan which involves substantial expansion of the termina...