Australia set a very ambitious goal related to the reduction of emissions. The country wants to achieve zero net emission until 2050. Now, however, the Australian Prime Minister has announced a supplement to the ambitions of the state: Australia intends to reduce emissions by 43 percent. until the end of this decade.
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According to Associated Press, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will present his government's goal for 2035 at the UN General Assembly next week. According to a decade ago, a climate agreement from Paris, countries must increase their emission reduction goals every five years.
“This is a responsible goal supported by science, supported by a practical plan to achieve this goal and based on proven technology” – said Albanese, whose words are quoted by Associated Press.
“This is the right goal, aTo protect our environment, protect and develop our economy and workplace and ensure that we act in our national interest and in the interest of this and future generations” – added the Prime Minister of Australia.
Australia wants to reduce emissions by at least 62 percent. within a decade
Albanese said that this goal is in accordance with the fact that the European Union is considering the scope of reduction from 63 percent. up to 70 percent Below levels from 1990.
Matt Kean, chairman of the Office for Climate Change, which advises the government on climate policy, said that Australia's goal at 2035 showed “higher ambitions than most other advanced economies”.
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As the Associated Press explains, ecological groups were in favor of the target of reduction exceeding 70 percent. In turn, business groups warned that cuts above 70 percent They risk billions of dollars In exports and will send companies abroad.
The opposition leader Sussan Ley said that the goal for 2035 is not credible, because the government will not achieve its goal for 2030. The government maintains that Australia is on the right track to reach the goal at 2030.
Larissa Waters, a senator at the head of Australian green focused on environmental protection, said that the actual goal of the government is 62 percent, which she described as “terrifyingly low”.
