Australian Targets

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Montreal Protocol continues work limiting chemicals destroying ozone layer at MOP34

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Remember the threat of the growing hole in the ozone layer?  Well scientists and Governments came together in 1987 and implemented the Mon...
Monday, October 24, 2022

Australia commits to signing Global Methane Pledge

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Australia committed today to sign on to the Global Methane Pledge to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 based on 2020 levels. Austr...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Victoria sets 75-80% emissions reduction target for 2035, Net zero by 2045, New Renewables Targets VRET of 65% by 2030, 95% by 2035.

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The Victorian Labor Premier, Dan Andrews, and Climate Change Minister Lily D'Ambrosio, have  announced the State's 2035 emissions re...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Flemington Racecourse Floowall an example of urban climate maladaptation

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Victorian Racing Club were allowed by the Bracks Labor Government to build a stone flood wall at Flemington Racecourse in 2006 over the obje...
Friday, October 7, 2022

Nitrogen Fertilizer Urea production Locking in Fossil Fuels greenhouse gas emissions for industrial Food production

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A new international report identifies Fossil Fuel fertilisers as an important growth area for coal and gas sectors  as part of the petroch...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

AGL Energy brings forward Loy Yang A coal power plant closure from 2045 to 2035

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AGL Energy has announced the bringing forward of the closure date for the Loy Yang A coal power station in the LaTrobe Valley from 2045 to 2...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Queensland sets new renewables targets: 70% by 2032, 80% by 2035, coal reliance phaseout by 2035

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“We are facing a climate emergency,” Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk said in her State of the State address at a CEDA function. She noted th...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Victoria sets Energy Storage targets of 2.6 Gigawatts by 2030 and 6.3 GW by 2035 capacity, coal may end in early 2030s

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio announced new energy storage targets alongside a $157 million packa...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Guest Post: Australia violated the rights of Torres Strait Islanders by failing to act on climate change, the UN says. Here’s what that means

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Shutterstock Guest post by  Kristen Lyons , The University of Queensland  via the Conversation. ...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Foreign Minister Penny Wong addresses UN General Assembly on climate action and reforming the United Nations

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Australia's in person delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, 77th session, was lead by Foreign Minister Penny Wong and inclu...