It’s a myth that producing oil with lower upstream emissions benefits the climate.
- Associate Professor in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL
By pledging no new fossil fuel licenses, the UK Labour party could aid a new international norm.
Australia supported a phase-out of fossil fuels at the recent UN climate summit but is still expanding coal and gas production. It’s a contradiction that threatens the planet. There is a better way.
Smoothing the transition to clean energy for fossil fuel workers and their communities requires local leadership and the support of a new federal authority
Smaller international deals and fossil free zones point a way forward.
Australia needs an honest reckoning with the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long hold over Australian politics. Without that, we cannot shift to a principled stand against ceaseless expansion.
Arab Saudi dan Australia akan segera membuat janji zero net emisi, tetapi mereka tidak memiliki rencana untuk segera mengurangi produksi bahan bakar fosil.
Saudi Arabia and soon Australia are making net zero pledges, but they have no plans to wind down fossil fuel output soon.
Anti-fossil fuel activism is gaining ground where previous climate campaigns have failed, largely because it resonates better with people.
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