Erwin Jackson, deputy chief executive of the Climate Institute said ERF only effectively addressing emissions in land sector, “tiny fraction of Australia’s contribution to climate change”. “Emissions from burning coal, oil and gas are real drivers of escalating climate change impacts,” he said…“As world switches to clean energy, global emissions from fossil fuels have now been flat for last few years, falling in major economies like China and the United States. But rising in Australia, because no national strategy to replace our ageing coal plants with clean energy…“This highlights how crucial it is that next year’s federal policy review produces credible/scalable decarbonisation strategy Australia to net zero emissions.”

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