groundswell bass coast climate change renewable energy

https://www.fastcompany.com/90230359/fighting-climate-change-could-boost-the-global-economy-by-26-trillion

As COALition is increasingly adamant/confident about delivering on its promises for emission reductions here’s how they’re so deceitful – ‘How can it be possible for national emissions to rise over 30 years while a country “meets and beats” successive promises to reduce them?’. It is worth getting your head around some of this history.

Clive Hamilton summarises at the Conversation:

Compared to the base year of 1990, Europe promised to reduce its emissions by 8% in the five-year “commitment period”, 2008-12. The United States agreed to cut emissions by 7%, and Japan and Canada by 6%. Australia dug its heels in and got its way; its Kyoto target would be 8% above 1990 levels.

And then there was the addition of the “Australia clause” in the Kyoto Protocol inserted during final hours, which allowed Australia to include landuse emissions for it’s carbon accounting.

Sounds fair? Except we had a massive amount of land use change emissions in 1990 so our emission reduction target was from a very high base year.

And Greg Hunt insists that, because of 50% population growth, assuming actual emissions don’t increase(!), our emissions per capita will be reduced by 50%(not a prize winner for maths)

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2016/02/with-rising-emissions-australia-applies.html?m=1

Lord Nicholas Stern highly commended (huge contrast with earlier RN interview with idiot Minister for Energy)

New report on climate economics warns the next three years will prove ‘a critical window’ if catastrophic warming is to be avoided. On the upside, it says ‘bold’ action on climate change could deliver a 26-trillion dollar boost to the global economy by 2030.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/how-much-climate-change-could-cost-the-global-economy/10207500

The Swedish 15-year-old who’s on sit down strike at Parliament determined to stop pollies weasel word language undermining climate emergency

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/01/swedish-15-year-old-cutting-class-to-fight-the-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Already reduced nutrition for populations who can least afford.

https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/rising-carbon-will-mean-shrunken-harvests?e=81a8983ef7

Hyundai gears up to launch the Ioniq EV range in Australia next month

Showing how badly income distribution has been hijacked in recent years
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html

Highly recommended comparison between Australia and California explaining how misguided COALition policies really are.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/california-a-world-beater-at-big-grid-electricity-decarbonisation-73649/

Review electorate support for climate action and possible Victorian Climate Action Fund.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/will-daniel-andrews-and-matthew-guy-seize-the-opportunity-to-act-on-climate-37059/

https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-havent-screwed-up-the-grid-regulators-and-lawyers-have-10399/