Prof Lesley Hughes says there is ‘cognitive dissonance’ between Labor’s stated commitment to the climate crisis and its policies
“Until there’s a plan to just have a transition to renewables and not out of fossil fuels we are missing half the equation,” Hughes said.
On the current trajectory global heating would be expected to exceed 2C by the end of the century, a scenario that could lead to the large-scale collapse of marine ecosystems, up to 250,000 Australian properties being at risk of coastal inundation, deadlier heatwaves, worsening bushfire conditions, abrupt shifts in rainfall patterns and the collapse of food systems.
It would involve stopping coal and gas exports, capitalising on the country’s renewable energy reserves, and demonstrating to the world that a fossil fuel-based economy can make a rapid transition to cleaner and safer practice.
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