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Latest greenhouse gas emissions data show Australia’s emissions cuts 'too small and too slow' (aussie.zone)
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"Overall, Australia’s emissions are 27.4% lower than they were in 2005. Given the 2030 target is for a them to be 57% lower than in 2005, that suggest we have a long way to go and at lot faster rate.

But the problem is greatly compounded when you realise that almost all of the cut since 2005 has come from ‘land use’ which is due to the fact that in 2005 there was massive land clearing in Queensland (especially) and because we no longer clear as must land, it looks like we have ‘reduced emissions'...

If you exclude land clearing, Australia’s emissions in 2025 are just 3% lower than they were in 2005 – that’s a very long way from a 57% cut, let alone the 70% cut that is the 20235 target."

Any ideas here of what our govt needs to do to cut these emissions like they need to be?

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

tbf we have added 8 million people since then

making australia nearly a 3rd larger than it was at the time (from 20 million to 28 million)

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    The majority of nations have grown in population. In 2005 there were nearly 6.6 billion people in the world and now there's about 8.3. A higher population plays a role no doubt, but given our exposure to sunlight and the amount of space we have in Oz, we should have done a lot better than what we have. Seventy percent of coal mined is exported (Wikipedia) and 80% of gas (Australian Institute), so our population is not the main driver of the emissions our fossil fuels produce. Imo, our governments have not done enough to extend solar power. We could be way ahead than we are now. Too many vested interests.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Seventy percent of coal mined is exported

    Worth noting that these data probably don't include emissions enabled by our exports. Those emissions should be counted against us, but are not.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Hey, I notice you refer to a couple online articles in this comment. Lemmy text can be formatted with Markdown to make the text in your comments flow well while linking for further reading. I've found it fun to play around with, especially when it comes to the essays i'll sometimes subject people to 😂

    Here's a link for a Markdown Guide

    So for (wikipedia), you could copy the url and title the link surrounded by brackets. Like this, [title]-(url) but without a dash or any space between the sets of brackets. Refer to the guide above for a better explanation.

    So you're able to link the wikipedia article like this if you want. :)

    Coal in Australia - Wikipedia

    Don't get me wrong, i've just noticed the brackets as references and thought you mightn't have come across Markdown, or know it can be used here. Hope your weekend's been good!

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