Australia was just singled out as a climate "holdout" by UN secretary General @antonioguterres . It's rare to see him single a country out like this. What does he mean? 🧵⬇️
👏 Many G20 developed economies have announced meaningful #emissionsreduction targets for 2030.
👎 Not Australia. Scott Morrison still took Tony Abbott's 26-28% emissions target to COP26. This targets is 6 years old.
👎 Not Australia. Scott Morrison still took Tony Abbott's 26-28% emissions target to COP26. This targets is 6 years old.
🥵The COP26 conference was focussed on improved 2030 targets and a rapid phaseout of coal (by 2030). Australia refused, making us a loner among developed countries & a "holdout" on climate.
🤬 Instead the PM used Australia's moment on the world stage at COP26 to spruik Santos and expensive and ineffective CCS.
💰 The Govt is focussed on funding fossil fuel projects with our taxes.
🛑 Govt is even deliberately intervening to hold back transition projects.
🛑 Govt is even deliberately intervening to hold back transition projects.
🤡 The UN chief calls coal a "stupid investment" which will lead to billions in #strandedassets.
👷♂️👷♀️ Not to mention stranded workers & their communities, who deserve an orderly #fairtransition, not to have the rug pulled from under them when the #fossilfuel industry collapses.
👷♂️👷♀️ Not to mention stranded workers & their communities, who deserve an orderly #fairtransition, not to have the rug pulled from under them when the #fossilfuel industry collapses.
😴 Australia is sleeping on the opportunities of a low emissions transition.
🌪️🔥⛈️ The Govt can't even mobilise to prepare communities for the effects of climate change. They even rejected the adaptation planning in my Climate Change Bill. We are sleepwalking into the next crisis. #climateactnow
😫 Then we see Govt unresponsive when climate crisis does hit. See the record breaking floods and bushfires - where were they? Too busy marketing themselves to help the communities affected.
👦👧🏽🚫 On top of this, our Environment Minister has been busy fighting in court to assert they have no duty of care to young Australians & the future climate they will live in.
🐠🪸 Let's not forget the Govt has been blocking the UNESCO process that could add the Great Barrier Reef to the world heritage 'in danger' list. The #GreatBarrierReef's addition to the list would be a world 1st - a site listed 'in danger' mostly due to impact of #climatechange
🤯And how did the Australian Government respond to being called a "holdout", which it obviously is? By calling António Guterres a member of the UN “chattering classes”. theguardian.com/australia-news…
No wonder so many Australians are furious. We don't want to be a "holdout" on climate. Australians see the opportunities in the necessary #cleanenergy #netzero transition. We see the costs of being a "#holdout".
🗳️ Don't forget to #voteclimate this #election2022. Our window of opportunity is closing.
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