Climate conference slams Albanese Labor govt for abetting fossil fuel companies
Channel: Green Left
Date: 2023-07-29

A packed out Climate Action Conference at Redfern Town Hall in Gadi/Sydney on July 29 heard expert reports from climate scientist Bill Hare and Polly Hemming from the Australia Institute. Hare noted the world was heading towards 2.7°C warming, which would make large parts of the planet unliveable for humans. If we move to a genuine net zero carbon emissions, the science suggests that temperatures would stop rising and slowly start to cool. However, he added, there is a political problem of governments not taking the required action. Australia's Anthony Albanese Labor government’s climate policy was ‘largely performative’, Hare said. Hemming added that the Labor government was continuing the former Coalition government’s practice of ‘gaming emissions accounting’, continuing to approve new fossil fuel mines and subsidise the fossil fuel industries.
Video by Peter Boyle for Green Left.