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Made in Australia? Unlikely, under ‘United Nations’ Albanese.

By Stephen Saunders - posted Wednesday, 8 May 2024


How does the 21st century Aussie economy handle this struggle? Like, forget about habitat and water, just shrink the environmental concerns down to greenhouse-gas emissions.

Via dodgy carbon-accounting, UN "net-zero emissions 2050" sidelines the global overpopulation issue. Notionally, Australia signed the UN protocol in 2016, but Albanese escalated the commitment in 2022.

Never mind net-zero's dubious validity and practicality. Although, few scientists compromise their careers, by saying so openly.

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Albanese Labor too, dismisses overpopulation and the damaged environment, coz we're helping UN address the "climate emergency". Let's give Ken Henry's endangered marsupials the good news.

The EU threatened Morrison with carbon "border taxes" on Australian imports. Superficially, Albanese's a game-changer.

Lionised as a climate hero by Canada - the other rich democracy doing massive migration plus aggravated rental crisis plus fake housing plan. Scored a prized guernsey, from the German climate club.

Back home, when he's home that is, he's a whirlwind. Net-zero legislation for net-zero target with net-zero authority plus net-zero public service and net-zero economy.

Climate stakeholders, vie for virtue. Climate Authority suggests an "ambitious" 65-75% emissions reduction by 2035. What about net-zero 2035, chirrup Climate Council and ANU.

 

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CSIRO marches "Towards Net Zero", betting on "carbon sequestration". For the Superpower Institute, never mind Australian net-zero, we can also absorb an "extra 7%" of global emissions. Seriously?

In Climate & Environment Department (DCCEEW), Ministers Bowen and McAllister's climate and energy divisions are the bee's knees. Environment divisions, under Minister Plibersek, are so 20th century.

Two years of environmental reform promises went onto life-support, when WA mining interests got toey. Will Labor ever get over the miners' defenestration of Kevin Rudd?

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