Mastodawn

On 26th Oct 2021, Australian PM Scott "don't-be-scared-of-coal" Morrison announced the Coalition's #NetZero2050 #ClimateTarget.

That same day, I read the document containing Morrison's 'plan'. It contained nothing to get Australia anywhere near the (already compromised idea of) #NetZero.

There was no plan, no modelling, no change in actual policies. The #ScottMorrison 'commitment' to net zero was still completely consistent with decades of #Coalhugger #Coalition policies. The target was toothless, an exercise in getting a headline to quiet the conscience of the news-skimming voter whose grandkids keep telling them climate is bad but who really wants to vote for hurting marginalised people and/or retaining their current tax loopholes (and who hasn't realised how much the #ALP embraces both anyway).

So with this week's news that #SussanLey has dropped that pretence, at least now there is one iota less dishonesty in Australian politics (albeit one with its own new lies and contradictions).

The last time the Coalition's #ClimatePolicy slightly departed from utter loyalty to the #DirtyEnergy industry was the morning of the 1st Dec 2009 in the hours before #MalcolmTurnbull was deposed as leader of her Majesty's Opposition and replaced by #TonyAbbott by a single vote.

#Auspol #ClimateWars #LNP

Killer Rabbit 90 Nov 6

Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/06/missing-15c-climate-target-is-a-moral-failure-guterres-tells-cop30-summit #COP30 #UN #ClimateTarget #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit

UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’

The Guardian

Enerdata Oct 16

The European Commission has proposed a new EU #climatetarget of a 90% reduction in net #GHGemissions by 2040. However, are the New EU 2040 #ClimateGoals Attainable? Read our analysis👉https://www.enerdata.net/publications/executive-briefing/climate-goals-eu-2040-attainable.html #energysky

Dr. Raphael Weyland Sep 15, 2025

🔥 Political inaction against #climate (and nature) crisis costs billions. But hey, #Merz/#Macron/#Weber etc like: let's delay + weaken the 2040 EU #ClimateTarget & undo the agreed 2035 end of emission rich #CombustionEngines! PS: Thanks @POLITICOEurope for covering 🙏 https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-costing-43-billion-europe-economy-extreme-weather/

Climate change is burning a €43B hole in Europe’s pocket

Global warming is making droughts, fires and floods more likely.

POLITICO

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Bot4Sale Sep 15, 2025

@John "If Labor fails to set a science-based #climatetarget then it’s crystal clear: they’ve utterly prioritised coal & gas profits at the expense of community safety & nature."

Labor have already said they don't give a fuck. Just days ago they extended some fossil fuel bombsite in WA out to 2070.
Labor absolutley would have know the contents of this climate report at the time this decision was made.
Our current form of government only works for the rich, the rest of us are meaningless.
#auspol

John

Sep 15, 2025

#LarissaWaters, #Greens’ leader, said:

The revelations about #Australia’s #future under #climatechange detailed in this report are chilling.

The #climatecrisis is a risk to our safety, to nature, & to our economy & productivity. This report must be a wake-up call for #Labor ahead of their 2035 climate target decision.

If Labor fails to set a science-based #climatetarget then it’s crystal clear: they’ve utterly prioritised coal & gas profits at the expense of community safety & nature. #auspol

Kay

Dec 20, 2023

Will Aotearoa New Zealand really meet #ClimateTarget for cutting transport emissions without more government action? Or is Transport Minister Simeon Brown indulging in #MagicalThinking?

#NZpolitics #NZpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/505205/nz-will-meet-first-target-for-transport-emissions-cuts-without-ev-subsidy-simeon-brown-says

NZ will meet first target for transport emissions cuts without EV subsidy, Simeon Brown says

The Transport Minister says advice shows scrapping EV payments won't derail the country from meeting its first carbon budget, which runs from 2022-2025.

RNZ