Ryan McNeilly SmithNov 20, 2022

An #Australian perspective on #COP27 from Nikki Hutley.

"[...] there is a huge cognitive dissonance between this message of hope and opportunity in [Australia's] new-found climate cred and the reality of our fossil fuel sector and the ongoing public support for new coal, oil and gas projects, including billions of dollars in subsidies."

https://smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/this-so-called-implementation-climate-conference-felt-like-anything-but-20221117-p5bz9i.html

This so-called ‘implementation’ climate conference felt like anything but

There is a huge cognitive dissonance between messages of hope at COP27 and the reality of our fossil fuel sector.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadConnie GrahamNov 20, 2022
@RyanMcNeilly_ That is what I said in a less articulate way...
Show threadRyan McNeilly SmithNov 20, 2022
@AuntiMatter I think we have all been thinking it!
Show threadJohn EnglartNov 20, 2022
@RyanMcNeilly_ @AuntiMatter
yep cognitive dissonance at the political level. I pointed out the flaw in ALP climate policy in failing to address fossil fuels before the election.
Here are the pledges Australia committed to during COP27 (and one pledge on Export Finance we didn't join.)
All valuable commitments, but the big ones that are ignored are addressing Fossil fuel phase out (and the 114 new coal and gas projects in the pipeline), and phase out of #FossilFuel tax subsidies. On those our government is silent.
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2022/11/tracking-australian-ministers-and.html#pledges
Tracking Australian Ministers and Australian pledges at COP27

Writings on climate change, sea level rise, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, climate adaptation & protests from a Melbourne Citizen Journalist.

Show threadRyan McNeilly Smith
@takvera @AuntiMatter brilliant recap, thanks for sharing your article. Yep—there have been a few good signs out of the conference, but the glaring issue of mitigation continues to be pushed aside and delayed.
Nov 20, 2022 at 1:20pmWeb