An internal debate in the federal Coalition is heating up over climate change ahead of the COP26 global climate conference, so expect to hear a lot about a net zero carbon emissions target over the coming weeks.
An internal debate in the federal Coalition over climate change is heating up, and the Prime Minister is facing calls to attend the COP26 global climate conference next month.
So it doesn't mean completely eliminating emission-producing technology from our society, but it does mean drastically reducing our reliance on it and investing in ways to ensure that what is emitted can be neutralised.Burning fossil fuels for energy emits CO2, which in turn contributes to climate change.
The IPCC has recommended drastically reducing emissions in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.Greenhouse gas emissions come from a range of sectors including industry, energy generation, transport and agriculture. CO2 removal can include planting more trees, fostering other ecosystems that function as carbon sinks, or the emerging and contentious field of capturing carbon and storing it underground.
However, offset programs are controversial among some environmentalists, who say they can easily fall victim to bad accounting, for instance where offsets areGreenpeace has called for an end to carbon offsets, saying they move too slowly and are too difficult to trace. "We do have to bring down our emissions, and we can, and the important point here [is] to get to net zero, you don't have to eliminate all your emissions, you have to make sure that you're abating them," he said.Every state and territory government has set a target of net zero by 2050, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison has previously said the federal government's goal is to get to net zero "as soon as possible, and preferably by 2050.
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