Australia, meanwhile, remains stuck in climate policy paralysis, with both major parties treading nervously.
Albanese's decision to replace Mark Butler from the Labor left with Chris Bowen from the Labor right in the climate portfolio is at the very least a symbolic shift. Butler had promised Labor would adopt "medium-term targets consistent with the terms of the Paris climate agreement". Bowen is now tasked with achieving the elusive Labor goal of landing a suitably ambitious and credible climate policy that doesn't spook voters in regional Queensland.
Because climate change is the biggest scam. Biden has no clue
Biden is accelerating straight towards a cliff!
Morrison doesn’t do policy, organisation or delivery, he only does announcements. ClimateEmergency ClimateActionNow
What do you expect with a Pentasotal Hillsong climate denier Australian Prime Minister?
The stupidity is strong in the ABC!
Fix our economy. More jobs more manufacturing ! Make things here. Make the properly.
Biden is wrong. I'm being nice.
Why you showing Albo here ffs The party in government, and holding us back, is the LNP!
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Looks like Biden is new Jacinda.
maurziegirl Biden's going to demand countries end fossil fuel subsidies, ambition increases, & countries adhere to promises (ie 1.5C-2.0C asap). He has yet to say how he'll link climate to trade, but'll converse with the EU who'll welcome any trade initiatives. There's 4 problems for AU
Wow no balance here in this very substandard 'reporting'
ABC just abuse their trusted power. Check Electricitymap/Wikipedia to see the environmental cost of rare-earth/materials refinement for 'green energy' One wind-turbine = tons of radioactive sludge Solar-cell etching gas: 25,000 x MORE warming than CO2!
Can we please defund this left wing propaganda outlet?
No such thing as climate change
I worry that some of us are counting our Labor environmental credential chickens before they have truly hatched. Yes, I know ALP isn’t in Gov’t &, yes, LNP offers nothing, but so far the only true credentials ALP has are Gillard’s. There is nothing concrete on the table, yet.
As long as we don’t get the Daniel Andrews climate experience, that’d be great. Hazelwood forced to close ripping 20% of electricity out of market and bills doubled over 4 years. Was $1000 owing at our worst.
The Australian electorate has made it quite clear in 3 elections that they don't want the government to do anything on climate change and the LNP is just doing as the electorate voted for, nothing. Why is everyone so surprised
LNP needs to be held to account. Why is AlboMP being dragged into this crap? Do better! ThisisNotJournalism UtterBullshit
Yes, well only one of these Leaders is GOVERNING right now with climate change deniers dictating policy direction. So let's put the focus where it should be - on the LNP. They actually have the power to make the changes in emissions targets that Australian and the world needs.
Speers again; risible
Rubbish analysis. Worthy of news corpse but not the ABC.
LNP in government.... Nice job joining the fanfare of newscorp bullshot toting on a daily basis. The Liberals ABC
False equivalence dickheads. Just this week Albanese was talking up Australia becoming a renewables “superpower.” The ABC is becoming a joke.
Two-thirds of the world’s population think climate change is an emergency
We're not in paralysis - but there is no definitive answer. The Paris Agreement basically funnels money from the US et al to China, India etc. How is that helpful for anything? Let's clean up the oceans & plant trees - much more useful activities.
bkbaguley Albo
Maybe you can pass this analysis and focus on the InsidersABC as seemed to have missed it.
Moving forward creates Jobs. Being stuck in the past creates uncertainty. Business' want a plan not scared Polititcians.
Sure, if rapid decline and decay of your economy is your thing, then go and live in the USA. Just watch and see what happens to the USA over the next four years.
Surely ABC also needs to explain that no matter what we do it will make no difference. China is allowed to grow their emissions at faster than our total annual output. Also explain we are one of the few countries in the world meeting our agreed targets. Electricity prices doubled
Guess what? LNP is in power. They are stuck in climate paralysis.
Biden is out of gas when it come to climate stand your ground scomo we are not America
LNP Leader stuck in climate change paralysis. Labor Party, regardless of leader, has emissions reduction plans and policies David_Speers. See this thread of 4 tweets on electric vehicles, for instance. Labor policies 1 vs LNP policies 0. MediaBias
The real benefit of having scotty as pm is that nothing will ever happen because he's not capable of any action on anything. Still waiting for bushfire money, dfv, etc. What did people expect of a guy who literally took no policy to the election?
Correction: Australia’s leader, Scott Morrison, remains stuck in climate change paralysis. The opposition positions its Shadow cabinet to tackle climate change & jobs in a holistic approach - more inline with the USA approach under the new Joe Biden Administration. Fixed
Australia should wait. Biden is currently driving america like a kid in a stolen car lets see where it stops first.
Crap ...LNP is in govt. not Labor
PM for major Announcements, Scott Morrison is bereft of any announcement on CC. Albanese, committed to 0 emissions, putting Bowen in charge of CC & jobs into the future, dosent look stuck to me. Have you mentioned worlds largest solar farm in N.T by German comp for Singapore?
And has cost thousands of Union jobs in the first week. So many people who voted for him based on ‘We won’t ban fracking’ are now finding that to be a lie. One termer.
All we need now is India and China to hit the accelerator, whatever difference Australia makes is almost unmeasurable ?
Why do you think there was a hung parliament and more independents got votes . It's because the people of Australia have no confidence in labs and libs
Well you can't blame Labor for treading cautiously after losing the last election because of its forward stance on climate change. It's time for Aussies to show them some support to be brave and forward thinking, not like in the last election.
There is no climate crisis - Biden is just pandering to the extreme left agenda. None of the Al Gore’s alarmist predictions will eventuate in our lifetimes or the next generation
We deserve better than to have either of these clowns representing us as 'leaders'.
Nothing wrong with the climate you fools . Grow a brain and look at the weather cycles. Oh... you don't have a brain You do..it is just a sheep's brain.
We have seen the worst and tragic fire season in AU last year. Surely this is sufficient evidence of the overdue need to push for a higher reduction target. STOP pandering to coal PM! 🇦🇺
The profits of doom at the ABC at it again. DefundtheABC
Get over it ABC, Australia will move at it's own pace.
*the Liberal Federal Government is in paralysis. Labor are in opposition. FACT: The only gains Australia has ever made on climate has been under a Labor government. Labor remains Australia's only hope of taking REAL climate action.
Unfortunately another tragic legacy of the Howard Abbott years is climate science in Australia became a left v right political wedge rather than a non partisan consensus issue based scientific input. Even the conservatives in the UK moved on beyond this Luddite approach years ago
Unfortunately the two major Australian political parties are bound to a regime of political donations from the fossil fuel industry. Its a scam of legalised bribery that results in them not prioritising the interests of Australian citizens, but feeds the profits of their donars.
Legislated Interim targets and policy to get to net zero are essential to reducing emissions and a test of both parties sincerity on tackling the global crisis.
Biden has hit the accelerator? More like hit the bed controlled by strings and displayed by biased news like your selves.
I will never trust Aust government again.
This is supposed to be analysis but it focuses on the opposition rather than the Morrison government. The LNP have fudged emission figures. Scott Morrison has refused to commit to Zero Emissions by 2050, making Australia out of touch with the U.S. Gee, could that be the story?
1.A couple of points David David_Speers 1st - it isNOT unclear abt **gas** at all.Gas,fossil fuel! FossilFuels - MUSTbe eliminated...now,fast! We simply can’t afford2procrastinate any more! 2nd- Labor will always appear2 dally&hedge abt emissionsReduction ../2
2.-SIMPLY b’cse of the complicitConservative ie Murdoch/Costello Media!Along with vicious verbal attacks,for yrs, frm corruptCoalition! For heavens sake,start2work4the good of thisNation - NOT4 ‘profit before people/life’! Not 4destructive ideology. david_speers
Aussie voters have the worlds best bullshit detector.
No ABC, It’s Scott Morrison and the LNP who are stuck in climate change denial. Labor wanted a carbon pricing scheme. Scott Morrison is the PM, he’s the one who famously kissed a lump of coal to show his disdain for renewable energy. The LNP are dinosaurs.
Stop call your op-ed analysis guving yourselves far to much credibility 👎
Morrison Party has created 320 thousand jobs. Done an excellent job throughout the pandemic.
He's rolled back Trump exec order's. Med4all midst of a pandemic is still not on the table.
We need leaders with courage. And look what we've got. A smirking mendacious clown and a nice bloke with no cut through.
Protecting the corporate environmental terrorists...
A contributing factor to this paralysis is the role of Australia's mass media in either indulging in climate denialism or equivocating om the climate crisis.
Australia is not able to do anything about climate change , we could stop exporting coal but that will do little . It's just not our thing with about 1% global CO2 output .
One leader has media immunity and power, the other has to tow a very careful line.
Speers worked for Rupert through the whole carbon tax lie...
Don't put albo in the same position as fucking scumo, they don't share a single idea
The ABC once again continues with its biased Climate Change obsessed reporting
There is a difference between the US hitting the accelerator and Aus doing the same. If Australia met net zero by 2050 or even earlier it would have negligible effect on climate change. On the other hand if the US did, that would have a huge effect. To be driven by tech not jobs
Biden is proving to be a dictator who has already erased women. BidenErasedWomen
We only have one leader in a position to do stuff, the other is in opposition and not allowed to be heard. So lets stop with the leader 'S' thing.
‘Hit the accelerator’. The highway to economic destruction.
deniseshrivell You're 'bothisms' is contrived 'Anthony Albanese made a smart political and strategic decision early last year to commit to the target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050' Paralysed?
Labour still does not know what it wants except win the election. With no vision, no policy and no plans Labour is destined for opposition. Bowenchris in my view is pathetic.
JulianCribb Both are afraid of losing the next election. One for being too backward thinking and one for being too forward thinking.
flamingo_a_gogo This is why we’re meeting to greet the politicians on their first day back - and to launch our petition demanding a greenrecoverynow
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Isn't Climate Change when you get to Pacific islands to get a break from bushfires at home ? ScottMorrisonMP Lest we forget.
Biden will use the imf and other financial institutions to force loans on 3rd world countries to fund solar projects. Those loans will ruin them.
have make sure there still getting that extra $$$$$ from company's first pass wrong bill secret payments might go
I'm sick of hearing about stretch goals. What is the 5 year plan? BTW, so far all Bidens Climate policy has done is hand 11,000 jobs to China and ruin diplomatic relations with Canada.
It'll be just fine😱
ANALYSIS: The left wing activists at the ABC love their new left wing Dictator In Chief and his endless executive orders *We* don't need to do anything because anything *we* do will be inconsequential while China still churns out 30% of all global greenhouse gas emissions
CO2 IS A TRACE GAS THAT CAN CAUSE CONFUSION TO THE GULLIBLE. Climate scientists admit they were wrong on climate change effects
More change is needed.
And why would renewable investors take any risks to make their profits, with the media and business groups collaborating together to condemn the Fed gov's reluctance to interfere in State responsibilities and legislate easy pickings for private energy rent seekers
Heres a bit of perspective for you. At what cost does this change bring? This is from Bidens cancelling of an oil pipeline. This pipeline would have been better for the environment than using thousands of trucks every week.What about the cost to peoples lives. Heartbreaking.
State after State are declaring the targets for reaching zero carbon emissions what more certainty do the renewable energy investors and producers expect? Circling and circling like vultures in the sky they await before striking the vulnerable Aust energy consumers.
Not too sure what's Albo's fault in this, he's not the PM. You can't form a opinion of him until he's given an opportunity.
And meanwhile renewable energy investers are doing SFA, refusing to take any risks to make their profits and waiting waiting for the gov to legislate their free ride to profit goughing.
Which shows that Australia's leaders are a little smarter then our Dictator in Chief
When it comes to jobs they all and I mean 'they all' protect their own jobs - their own donors and their own pay packets - they do not give two shits about you and I - as for climate change Julia had it right and look how she was pilloried
O.33% Of the world's population! defund the ABC your foot print is to big! Taxpayers deserve better.
LNP politicians should declare their interests in fossil fuels.
$DOGE 🤙🏼
Wish our leaders would put the foot on the accelerator, however, it's more about mates and money to them not out pmanet and what we leave to our children, grandchildren the future.
Wait for it, the minister for announcements and no delivery was spotted driving a electric Volvo truck last week, just waiting now on the spin that spews from his mouth.
We have not had a real leader in Australia for most of my life. That is too long. Why?
Things run alittle slower in Oz sometimes
Stuck in head lights
How many job keeper recipients rushed out and bought electric cars?
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