‘CLIMATE HUSTLING!’ IS THIS AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE ACTION SHAME?!
The following is based on an article written by Polly Hemming, Director, Climate & Energy Program, The Australia Institute.
Polly attended the recent United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York. The Summit is an important opportunity for talks on climate action by countries, prior to COP28 in December.
TRY AND MAKE SOME SENSE OF THESE TWO LATEST PIECES OF NEWS!
1. In the post-colonial period after World War Two, special rights were granted to international investors to compensate them for losses of income or future income because of decisions made by governments in the countries of their investments. It is known as the 'investor-state dispute settlement' or ISDS.
'Australia has enough renewables to reach 100% at times, but coal gets in the way!
* Goodell.J. Heat: Life and death on a scorched planet, Melbourne: Black Inc. (2023).
* A few highlights from the book from a review by Jeff Sparrow , 'The Saturday Paper', July 29-August 4, 2023:
+ Through all of animal and human evolution the management of heat has preoccupied all creatures!
+Once human internal systems reach 40.5 degrees centigrade we die. That is why the 40 degrees plus days- in some places near 50 degrees- of heat across Europe recently, are so significant.
* THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023: ENERGY FROM WIND FARMS IN AUSTRALIA SET A NEW RECORD!
* 30% OF POWER GOING INTO THE AUSTRALIAN MAIN ELECTRICITY GRID WAS GENERATED BY WIND!
* RECORDS IN VICTORIA! IN THE SAME WEEK, VICTORIA SET THREE NEW INCREASING RECORDS FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM WIND FARMS.
OUR ELECTRIFYING EXPERIENCE
Angus M Robinson from Sydney’s Leafy Suburbia
Saul Griffith’s recent appearance on the ABC TV program, Australian Story has prompted me to reflect on our own experience, 14 years after moving into our current home, during a time that the challenges faced by climate change has been a prompt for all home-owners to consider how we can all reduce our environmental footprint and carbon emissions.
* A 30% INCREASE IN THE INSTALLATION OF ROOFTOP SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEMS IN MAY 2023!
* 15,364 WERE REGISTERED : 48% INCREASE ON THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS!
* NSW - 7,200 REGISTERED: 268% INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS 12 MONTH AVERAGE: In 2022 only 385!
* Reasons: Incentives by NSW government: significant increases in energy prices - especially gas!
* ACT GOVERNMENT HAS PASSED AUSTRALIA'S FIRST LAW PROHIBITING THE USE OF FOSSIL GAS IN HOMES BUSINESSES!
*The Law 'Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Natural Gas Transition) Amendment Bill' passed on Thursday 8th June,2023 establishes the legal framework to end NEW gas connections before 2045 in the ACT.
* REGULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF 2023 PROHIBITING NEW GAS CONNECTIONS IN RESIDENCES AND COMMERCIAL AREAS IN ANY NEW SUBURB OR INFILL DEVELOPMENTS.
Electrifying the Australian Backyard
SOURCE: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/electrifying-australian-backyard-angus-m-robinson-/
Managing Director, Leisure Solutions Pty Ltd
February 16, 2020