Labor’s climate change bill is poised to pass the upper house today after the government agreed to independent senator David Pocock’s proposals to improve accountability and transparency.
After years of climate inaction and rising emissions, Australia’s parliamentarians have come together to tackle the most important issue of our times, but now the hard work begins and there is a lot of catching up to do.
Greens leader Adam Bandt will today outline that the Greens are ready to work with the government to reform the emissions safeguard mechanism, but only if the changes deliver real cuts from coal and gas.
Labor poised to push through climate bill
Australian climate targets will soon be enshrined in law, with the Albanese government on the cusp of landing a significant win for its climate bill.
Bandt draws battle lines over ‘rent seeker’s paradise’ emissions plan
Adam Bandt will put Labor on notice that the Greens are ready to work with the government to reform the emissions safeguard mechanism on big emitters, but only if it strives for “real cuts from coal and gas”.
Labor’s climate change bill is expected to pass but three things are missing
Frank Jotzo, director of the Centre for Climate Economics and Policy at ANU, says the climate bill is missing a roadmap to net zero, to secure the Climate Change Authority, and measures for a proper national conversation.
Minderoo executive calls for mandatory climate risk disclosure
The head of a philanthropic organisation’s fire and flood resilience project says Australia must introduce mandatory and consistent climate disclosure obligations or risk global investors viewing the country as “opaque” and going elsewhere with their money.
Green groups dob in Glencore for ‘greenwashing’
Several groups have made a formal “greenwashing” complaint urging corporate regulators to investigate Glencore for alleged “misleading and deceptive” conduct linked to the coal miner’s claims about cutting carbon emissions.