US official calls out Australia over lack of climate ambition

It would be “helpful” if Australia increased its emission-reduction goals in the lead-up to crucial United Nations climate talks in Glasgow in November, a top United States official says.Jonathan Pershing, deputy to President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry, said the Australian target of a 26 to 28 per cent reduction by 2030 had “been overtaken by events” and that it should “step forward with a more ambitious effort”.

He said it was important that those nations who had made the right commitments demonstrate at the upcomingLoading Mr Pershing noted Australia’s success in solar power uptake, but added: “In my mind, [it] may be helpful to see Australia step forward with a more ambitious effort.” On Tuesday at the same online conference, former UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Australia was “out of step” with the rest of the world on climate change due to the federal government’s comparatively low 2030 pledge and its failure to have a firm“Australia’s current goal of a 26 to 28 per cent reduction on 2005 levels by 2030, and the absence of a national zero emissions target, is out of step with its states, its trading partners, and other comparable nations,” Mr Ban said in a video address to the...

Isn't this old news that has been corrected?

…but China, India, Pakistan, Turkey may continue to build dozens of coal fired power plants . . . the UN said so!

As appalling as this Liberal/Nat Gov have been on climate change, the US is not far behind. Both governments completely captured by fossil fuel corporations Unless people get off their arse and join the major parties to change them, nothing will happen.

As our chief scientist said, if we stop everything in Australia it wouldn’t make a difference to world temperature. Meanwhile China, India, Japan etc continue to build coal fired power stations.

The sheer genius of the LNP. We have horizons, not targets! Fact of course is that horizons remain at the same distance from you, no matter how much you head towards them.

Why don't they call out China and India JoeBiden old fart

Biden won't ban US coal exports to China - which partly replaced Australian supplies.

Anything to keep that money printer going. Climate crisis is the new scape goat, gotta print to save the planet. Buy bitcoin and protect yourself from the terrorist central bankers

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