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Australia points the finger at India & China over climate crisis
Australia is calling out China and India for their role in avoiding catastrophic climate change
In the game of west versus east, climate change has been the loser.
As China and India rapidly grow their middle class, their appetite for cars and goods that require electricity are becoming a bigger part in global emissions.
The Australian Prime Minister is pointing the finger at developing countries for their role in battling climate change.
Scott Morrison believes that technology – not taxes – should help reduce emissions.
Australia has spent the past ten years battling through governments over the divisive issue of energy. Prime Ministers have come and gone largely because of the issues.
“Code Red for Humanity”
This week a UN report warned it was now “unequivocal’’ that human activity was driving global warming.
Australia says it will be part of the solution but won’t write a “blank cheque’’ to set an emissions target without a plan to achieve it.
The Prime mInister will reveal the economic cost of achieving climate goals by the end of the year and before the federal election. Putting pressure on the opposition Labor party to do the same.
“Unless we can get the change in the developing countries of the world, then what we’re seeing in these IPCC reports will occur,”
Scott Morrison says
Many leaders within Australia have also called on the Prime Minister to act swiftly on the issue, stating that 2050 is “way too late”
But the PM is resisting international pressure to lift Australia’s targets.
Instead, he’s vowed a different approach to the matter, stating “we need to take a different approach. We need to focus on the technological breakthroughs that are necessary to change the world and how we operate.”