'Morrison walked back COP26 commitments before the ink was dry '

A diplomat hailed as one of the author’s of the Paris Agreement has expressed her disappointment that Australian PM Scott Morrison “walked back” elements of Australia’s Glasgow climate commitments before the “ink was dry on the paper”.

Regardless of whether the Coalition holds on or Labor wins the next federal election, nearly 40 per cent of Australia’s coal generation capacity will shut down by 2030.

And in Victoria, the switch has been flicked on Australia’s biggest battery.

Glasgow was a success, pity about Australia: Paris Accord author

One of the world’s leading climate diplomats has voiced her disappointment that Prime Minister Scott Morrison “walked back” elements of Australia’s Glasgow climate commitments before the “ink was dry on the paper”.

Coal closures could come faster under both major parties’ climate plans

Nearly 40 per cent of Australia’s coal-fired generation capacity will shut down by 2030, including the equivalent of three medium-sized power plants closing earlier than planned, under the greenhouse gas emission cuts promised by both major parties.

In a field near Geelong, switch flicked on Australia’s biggest battery

Victoria’s Big Battery has been switched on, and the Environment Minister says it will safeguard the power supply as the state heads towards a fully decarbonised economy by 2050.

As my people move to higher ground, we need Australia to rise above its dangerous addiction to coal

COP26 just managed to keep the world on track to limit warming to under 1.5 degrees but we are deeply concerned that the pledges made so far will not take us there. It is also clear that many, including Australia, have placed far too much emphasis on net zero by 2050, given that the best hope for limiting temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees is contingent on what we do between now and 2030, Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama writes.

‘Global warming is not like a Batman dilemma’

We may be living out a whole-of-species cliffhanger, but we know what the solutions are, writes David Ritter, who shares Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s new platform, Climate Solutions by Greenpeace.