Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Surprise! When Aussies re-elected Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the last national election, we thought we were going to reject the Labor opposition Party’s harsh climate madness. It turned out we were wrong.
Morrison is aiming for a more ambitious net-zero climate target by 2050
By David Crowe
February 1, 2021 – 7:16 p.m.
A more ambitious target for climate change will be part of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s agenda for the coming year after expressing his hope of zero net carbon emissions by 2050, a goal set by government MPs separates.
Mr Morrison signaled his hope of setting the target as government policy before the next election, after months of internal coalition debate and a rejection by world leaders in December for failing to make the pledge.
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“Our goal is to achieve net zero emissions as soon as possible and preferably by 2050,” he said.
Mr Morrison said this would depend on science and technology, such as reducing the cost of clean energy from hydrogen, rather than a “tax” in the form of a price on carbon.
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When asked on Monday whether he could commit to net zero by 2050 in time for the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow in November, Morrison said the answer would depend on science and technology.
“If I can tell you how to get there, I’ll tell you when to get there,” he said.
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Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/morrison-eyeing-more-ambitious-climate-target-of-net-zero-by-2050-20210201-p56yj3.html
It’s possible that Scott Morrison, known to have brought a lump of coal into Parliament, is only playing for time, trying to delay real action until Americans are fed up with Job Killer Joe and his magic pen.
But words have consequences. If Scott Morrison doesn’t try to find at least a small backbone on this issue, Australia could likely get caught up in a series of economically destructive climate action plans just as the economy shows signs of recovery from Covid lockdowns.
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