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Australia must double down to meet its climate targets. This new study shows how
To date, the world has failed to tackle climate change head-on. We must now focus on limiting the magnitude and duration of “overshoot” – how much global temperatures exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit. Every fraction of a degree our planet warms, and every year spent there, will inflict irreversible ecological damage.
Australia must double down to meet our climate targets, new study shows how
Fossil fuel demand reduces almost to zero by 2050 under the 'Australian Fossil Fuel Phaseout' (FFPO) scenario. Credit: Climate Analytics: A fossil-free Australia Within the next five years, global warming is set to breach the 1.5°C threshold at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This will have dire consequences, from rapidly melting ice sheets to ghostly white coral reefs. To date, the world has failed to tackle climate change head-on.
Australia must double down to meet our climate targets. Our new study shows how
By Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University Within the next five years, global warming is set to breach the 1.5°C threshold at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This will have dire consequences, from rapidly melting ice sheets to ghostly white coral… Read complete article © The Conversation -
Australia must double down to meet our climate targets. Our new study shows how
Within the next five years, global warming is set to breach the 1.5°C threshold at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This will have dire consequences, from rapidly melting ice sheets to ghostly white coral reefs. To date, the world has failed to tackle climate change head-on. We must now focus on limiting the magnitude and duration of “overshoot” – how much global temperatures exceed the 1.5°C limit.
Australia must double down to meet our climate targets. Our new study shows how
Within the next five years, global warming is set to breach the 1.5°C threshold at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This will have dire consequences, from rapidly melting ice sheets to ghostly white coral reefs. To date, the world has failed to tackle climate change head-on. We must now focus on limiting the magnitude and duration of "overshoot" – how much global temperatures exceed the 1.5°C limit.
The UN climate process needs ambition – the law demands it
Bill Hare is the CEO of Climate Analytics, a global climate science and policy institute working to accelerate climate action. The word 'implementation' has featured long and loud recently in discussions about the UN climate process. The host government of last year’s COP30 summit, Brazil, argued that it should be an “implementation COP”.
How can Australia convince the world to give up fossil fuels if Anthony Albanese is contradicting himself on gas expansion?
The International Energy Agency ‘warns that a massive glut of liquefied natural gas supply is developing’, Bill Hare writes. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP With another set of global climate talks behind us, the Australian government faces some tricky tasks before it takes over negotiations at the next round of talks next year in Turkey.
Australia fiddles with fossil gas while the country swelters in record heat. It doesn’t make sense
‘Climate change-fuelled warmer oceans are putting Australia’s weather on steroids, intensifying heat, rainfall and wind.’ Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images Sydney’s record October heat; high winds battering both Melbourne and New Zealand, causing death and destruction; the algal bloom caused by South Australia’s marine heatwave wreaking havoc on our marine environment; coral in both the Great Barrier and Ningaloo reefs suffering horrific bleaching.
Australia fiddles with fossil gas while the country swelters in record heat. It doesn’t make sense
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Is "hard-to-abate" really that hard
Bill Hare is CEO and senior scientist with Climate Analytics. The term “hard-to-abate” is widely claimed by heavy industry like the iron and steel sector to argue against having to reduce emissions quickly, or to justify their continued faith in carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) – or offsets – to meet climate goals.
As Australia campaigns for Cop31 hosting rights, it’s time to stop talking and start doing
Climate minister Chris Bowen at the Cop29 summit Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP Australian officials are gearing up for next week’s mid-year climate talks in Bonn where they’ll be going full tilt lobbying other governments to support the bid to host next year’s COP31 negotiations. But can the government claim enough climate leadership? Our latest Climate Action Tracker shows the government’s efforts to cut emissions are still rated “insufficient”.
Science and the courts are catching up with polluters
For decades, international law has failed to recognise mass environmental destruction as a crime. But the legal tide is turning
Governments shouldn't rely forests to meet their emissions goals
Bill Hare is CEO and founder of Climate Analytics, and Claudio Forner is head of climate policy at Climate Analytics. To address climate change, the answer should be relatively simple: governments need to decarbonise their economies by first focusing on stopping the burning of fossil fuels. But we are currently facing a crisis involving the land sector that could put the 1.5˚C warming limit at further risk.
Massive new Kimberley fracking industry could keep Woodside gas plant going until 2070
The Albanese government recently agreed a light touch environmental review of what could become a massive new fracking industry, threatening one of Australia’s most iconic wild places: Western Australia’s Kimberley. This a potentially huge development, part of a cluster of decisions being assessed independently that could lock Australia into a destructive fossil fuel industry for 50 years.
Cop29 and Australia both lack Climate Urgency | The Australian Greens
By Bill Hare, a physicist and climate scientist, and chief executive of Climate Analytics This article was originally published in Guardian News & Media 2024. Cop29 in Baku has concluded but its outcome is disappointing – in many dimensions. Its decisions on finance – agreeing that the developed world would provide US$300bn a year by 2035 – come nowhere close to what’s needed.
Reformbedarf der COP: Werden die Weltklimakonferenzen wie bisher fortgeführt?
© dpa/Peter Dejong Große Hoffnungen auf die Weltklimakonferenzen werden meist enttäuscht. Fachleute fordern Reformen. Andere verweisen auf Erfolge, die ohne die Verhandlungen nicht möglich gewesen wären. Von Mojib Latif Viviane Raddatz Bill Hare Heute, 13:19 Uhr Im Vergleich zum Durchbruch im Jahr 2015, auf der 21. Weltklimakonferenz, kurz „COP“, in Paris, erscheinen seither erreichte Fortschritte kaum greifbar.
Dug up in Australia, burned around the world-exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets
Australia is one of the world's largest exporters of fossil fuels. While this coal and gas is burned beyond our borders, the climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions affect us all. My colleagues and I at global research and policy institute Climate Analytics were commissioned to find out just how big Australia's carbon footprint really is. Our detailed analysis of the nation's fossil fuel exports and associated emissions is the most comprehensive to date.
Dug up in Australia, burned around the world - exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets
By Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels. While this coal and gas is burned beyond our borders, the climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions affect us all. My colleagues and I at global research and policy institute Climate Analytics were commissioned to find out just how big Australia’s carbon footprint really is.
Australia's global fossil fuel carbon footprint
Description This report sets out the full carbon footprint of Australia's fossil fuels: the global impact of its domestic emissions and its exported fossil fuels, both historical and projected. While Australians regard their country as one of the world's smaller greenhouse gas emitters, the findings show that Australia's fossil fuels have a very large global impact.
Dug up in Australia, burned around the world - exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets
Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels. While this coal and gas is burned beyond our borders, the climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions affect us all. My colleagues and I at global research and policy institute Climate Analytics were commissioned to find out just how big Australia’s carbon footprint really is. Our detailed analysis of the nation’s fossil fuel exports and associated emissions is the most comprehensive to date.
Sleight of hand: Australia's Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas
In announcing Australia's support for fossil gas all the way to 2050 and beyond, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed his government's commitment to net zero even further out of reach.
Developing countries need support adapting to deadly heat
Fahad Saeed is a climate impact scientist for Climate Analytics, based in Islamabad, and Bill Hare, is CEO and senior scientist at Climate Analytics. Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh has been sweltering under 52°C heat in recent days. Not in the news however is that wet-bulb temperatures in the region – a more accurate indicator of risk to human health that accounts for heat and humidity – passed a key danger threshold of 30°C.
Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas
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Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas
In announcing Australia’s support for fossil gas all the way to 2050 and beyond, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed his government’s commitment to net zero even further out of reach.
Five key global 2030 targets aligned with 1.5°C
The IPCC’s sixth assessment report (AR6) provides crucial information on how to tackle climate change, in particular identifying pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C with zero or limited overshoot. However, many of the pathways in the AR6 database are not fully compatible with the Paris Agreement in that they do not bring emissions to net zero in the second half of this century.
Finding safe paths through suburbia
The post-WWII suburban settlement pattern assumes and reinforces car travel as the default transport choice for its residents. Do such settlements have a future when the temporary energy bonanza of the past 100 years falters? And can residents of suburbia begin to create that future today? This series on the transition from car-dependency to walkability has examined the integral, sometimes convoluted relationship between land use planning and transportation planning.
Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did the modelling make it look otherwise?
By Bill Hare A Murdoch University deep dive into the CSIRO Beetaloo report found its emissions projections are underestimates of up to 84% in some cases. The post Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did the modelling make it look otherwise? appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 2 times, 2 visits today) comments Tagged: * Renew Economy™, Carbon, Climate, Emissions, Global Warming, Renewable
The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?
Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin. In February, a CSIRO-backed report was published, stating Beetaloo could be developed without adding to Australia’s net emissions.
The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modeling make it look otherwise?
Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heat waves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin. In February, a CSIRO-backed report was published, stating Beetaloo could be developed without adding to Australia's net emissions.
The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?
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The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?
Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin. In February, a CSIRO-backed report was published, stating Beetaloo could be developed without adding to Australia’s net emissions.
Scottish Art & Artists in Historical and Contemporary Context: Volume 2
Cosy Up with Crime Fiction! There’s no getting away from it, the nights are fair drawing in.
Climate science beats climate fatalism
The Paris climate agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is in the headlines again. According to the latest projections from the World Meteorological Organisation, “There is a 66% likelihood that the annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027 will be more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year.” A supercharged El Niño cycle means that record-breaking temperatures are almost certain.
Australia relies on controversial offsets to meet climate change targets. We might not get away with it in Egypt
Tue Nov 8 Written by Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University It’s small wonder a major fossil fuel producer like Australia has relied so heavily on carbon offsets. Plant new forests - or say you will avoid clearing old ones - and you can keep approving new gas and coal developments. This year, whistleblower Professor Andrew McIntosh claimed up to 80% of these offsets weren’t real. They didn’t actually offset emissions.
Australia relies on controversial offsets to meet climate change targets-but offsets are a target at COP27
It's small wonder a major fossil fuel producer like Australia has relied so heavily on carbon offsets. Plant new forests—or say you will avoid clearing old ones—and you can keep approving new gas and coal developments. This year, whistleblower Professor Andrew McIntosh claimed up to 80% of these offsets weren't real. They didn't actually offset emissions. In Australia, renewables are the only real source of emission reduction. The rest of the economy is set to slowly increase emissions.
Australia relies on controversial offsets to meet climate change targets. We might not get away with it in Egypt
It’s small wonder a major fossil fuel producer like Australia has relied so heavily on carbon offsets. Plant new forests - or say you will avoid clearing old ones - and you can keep approving new gas and coal developments. This year, whistleblower Professor Andrew McIntosh claimed up to 80% of these offsets weren’t real. They didn’t actually offset emissions. In Australia, renewables are the only real source of emission reduction. The rest of the economy is set to slowly increase emissions.
The US Inflation Reduction Act an historic moment in global efforts to halt global warming
By Bill Hare and Niklas Höhne This week is an historic week in the history of action on climate change, with the passing of the US Inflation Reduction Act that commits nearly $370 billion to climate action: the biggest piece of climate legislation in US history. Other countries have gone further and faster in their actions and way earlier.
The ultra-polluting Scarborough-Pluto gas project could blow through Labor’s climate target - and it just got the green light
The Albanese government has this week thrown its support behind what’ll be one of Australia’s most polluting developments: the Scarborough-Pluto gas project in Western Australia. Our analysis last year found the full Scarborough-Pluto project will emit almost 1.4 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases over its lifetime. That’s over three times Australia’s current annual emissions, and around 14 times WA’s annual emissions.
Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us
The federal election campaign takes place against a background of flooding on Australia’s east coast, where some residents remain in temporary accommodation a month after the disaster. It’s just the latest reminder Australia is set to become a poster child for climate change harms. Australia has warmed about 1.4℃ since 1910. With it has come extreme heat, bushfires, floods, drought and now, a sixth huge bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia’s Biggest Fossil Fuel Investment of the Decade Is Underway, Like COP26 Never Happened At All
The controversial Scarborough gas project off Western Australia will cause a substantial rise in greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the world must rapidly decarbonise, new analysis released today shows. The A$16 billion plan by Woodside Petroleum has been described as Australia’s biggest new fossil fuel investment in nearly a decade. The report, produced by Climate Analytics, a research organisation I help lead, is the first to examine the full climate impact of the entire expansion project.
Scarborough gas project will cause a substantial rise in greenhouse gas emissions
Credit: Shutterstock The controversial Scarborough gas project off Western Australia will cause a substantial rise in greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the world must rapidly decarbonise, new analysis released today shows. The A$16 billion plan by Woodside Petroleum has been described as Australia's biggest new fossil fuel investment in nearly a decade.
Australia's biggest fossil fuel investment for a decade is in the works – and its greenhouse gas emissions will be horrifying
The controversial Scarborough gas project off Western Australia will cause a substantial rise in greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the world must rapidly decarbonise, new analysis released today shows. The A$16 billion plan by Woodside Petroleum has been described as Australia’s biggest new fossil fuel investment in nearly a decade. The report, produced by Climate Analytics, a research organisation I help lead, is the first to examine the full climate impact of the entire expansion project.
Are you kidding, India? Your last-minute Glasgow intervention won't relieve pressure to ditch coal
As the United Nations climate summit opened in Glasgow, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a surprise positive announcement: a big net-zero target. The world cheered at the planet’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter getting on board with net-zero, and the move made global headlines. Fast forward to the final tense hours of COP26, and India almost derailed the talks.
Keeping 1.5˚C alive
We know from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on 1.5°C that to stay safely within a 1.5°C pathway, global emissions must be reduced by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030. However, the collective commitments put forward by countries are a long way from this. In this context, the G20 group of nations is critical, accounting for around 75% of global emissions, 80% of economic activity, and 60% of the worldwide population. Can the G20 close the 2030 emissions gap?
Yes, Australia can beat its 2030 emissions target. But the Morrison government barely lifted a finger
With just over a fortnight until world leaders gather in Glasgow at a make-or-break United Nations climate conference, all eyes are on the biggest climate laggards, including Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison continues to claim Australia will “meet and beat” its current 2030 target of reducing emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels. But unlike many of his international counterparts, he has so far resisted increasing the 2030 target.
Yes, Australia can beat its 2030 emissions target. But the Morrison government barely lifted a finger
Shutterstock With just over a fortnight until world leaders gather in Glasgow at a make-or-break United Nations climate conference, all eyes are on the biggest climate laggards, including Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison continues to claim Australia will “meet and beat” its current 2030 target of reducing emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels. But unlike many of his international counterparts, he has so far resisted increasing the 2030 target.
The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible - but without political action it soon will be
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ this century is a central goal of the Paris Agreement. In recent months, climate experts and others, including in Australia, have suggested the target is now impossible. Whether Earth can stay within 1.5℃ warming involves two distinct questions. First, is it physically, technically and economically feasible, considering the physics of the Earth system and possible rates of societal change?
Extending Near‐Term Emissions Scenarios to Assess Warming Implications of Paris Agreement NDCs
Abstract In the Paris Agreement countries have agreed to act together to hold global warming well below 2°C over preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. To assess if the world is on track to meet this long‐term temperature goal, countries' pledged emissions reductions (Nationally Determined Contributions, NDCs) need to be analyzed for their implied warming.
Opinion | Here’s how Biden could get the U.S. to lead on climate change again Original
Kevin Rudd, a former prime minister of Australia, is president of the Asia Society Policy Institute. Bill Hare is chief executive and senior scientist at Climate Analytics. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to begin the process of rejoining the Paris agreement with the stroke of a pen.
A single mega-project exposes the Morrison government's gas plan as staggering folly
Every few years, the idea that gas will help Australia transition to a zero-emissions economy seems to re-emerge, as if no one had thought of it before. Federal energy minister Angus Taylor is the latest politician to jump on the gas bandwagon. Taylor wants taxpayer money invested in fast-start gas projects to drive the post-pandemic recovery. His government plans to extend the emissions reduction fund to fossil fuel projects using carbon capture and storage.
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