Chief UK Climate Advisor Shreds Australia's Proposal: "No Indication" They Can Deliver
The UK governments climate change adviser has launched a scathing attack on Australias net zero commitment on the eve of critical talks in Glasgow.
Lord Deben, the Climate Change Committee chair, told the BBC on Saturday there was no indication that the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, had a plan to deliver on the commitment to net zero that was squeezed out of him. Its very sad that a great country like Australia should change our climate, he said. Because thats what happens. If you allow people to keep on doing this, its our climate as well as theirs thats changed.
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Lord Deben, who was a minister in Margaret Thatchers conservative government and environment minister under her successor John Major, said most world leaders were beginning to recognise how serious the threat of climate change is. (But) not all leaders are like that. Im afraid that if you look at Scott Morrison from Australia, weve squeezed out of him a commitment to net zero in 2050 but theres no indication at the moment that hes got a proper program for that, he said.
Lord Deben said he would love to see Australia rejoin the pack, and that climate change was an existential threat. If we dont do it then we really do risk the destruction of everything weve ever known, he said.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/uks-top-climate-adviser-launches-scathing-attack-on-australia-on-eve-of-cop26