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A climate transition has to be informed by the best scientific understanding of climate change, the most cost-effective response and have widespread support. Yet, what is crucial for a climate transition is that it be a just transition, one that distributes any costs or benefit to the right groups and in the right way. The climate justice project aims to provide accessible discussions of some of the justice related issues that underpin an effective response to climate change.
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Australia’s export problem
‘Climate justice is all about imagining and arguing for the positive future we want, not just the scary one we want to avoid.’ Jeremy Moss ...
Do my actions make a difference?
This video was made as part of an ARC Discovery grant ‘Ethics, Responsibility and the Carbon Budget’ (Univ of Adelaide, ANU, Oxford and UNSW). ...
Climate Transitions: Ethics and Exports
In 2016 Australia signed the Paris Agreement, pledging to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% against 2005 levels by 2030. But our domestic emissions are only part of the...
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Australia’s export problem
‘Climate justice is all about imagining and arguing for the positive future we want, not just the scary one we want to avoid.’ Jeremy Moss ...
Do my actions make a difference?
This video was made as part of an ARC Discovery grant ‘Ethics, Responsibility and the Carbon Budget’ (Univ of Adelaide, ANU, Oxford and UNSW). ...
Climate Transitions: Ethics and Exports
In 2016 Australia signed the Paris Agreement, pledging to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% against 2005 levels by 2030. But our domestic emissions are only part of the...
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Over the last decade Australia's #greenhousegasemissions from #fossilfuel exports have increased to DOUBLE our domestic emissions (at 1000MtCO2e), while domestic emissions have reduced slightly (to 500 McCO2e) #auspol @PatsKarvelas #COP27 pic.twitter.com/QqCqVOEwtC
— Jeremy Moss (@JeremyMoss25) October 4, 2022
Fossil fuel non proliferation treaty needed for Australia as exported emissions grow. See report #Emissionssuperpower #climateactionhttps://t.co/NdndS4vGfO pic.twitter.com/YMfz6ncT6Q
— Jeremy Moss (@JeremyMoss25) July 9, 2020
My take on Matt Canavan's claim that Australia's fossil fuel industry is subsidised. #fossilfuels #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/rM9QiCT2Qo
— Jeremy Moss (@JeremyMoss25) June 2, 2020
We have seen the stories of Morrison's new gas driven stimulus plan that relies heavily on govt subsidies for fossil fuels. Yet this is on top of the $47 b annual subsidy (IMF report) to FF industry. #ClimateJustice https://t.co/uZdOBISPJw
— Jeremy Moss (@JeremyMoss25) May 21, 2020
Response to bushfires that ignores justice considerations may lead to increased inequalities.https://t.co/51ZpVfIC2b pic.twitter.com/gSdElVSiP0
— Jeremy Moss (@JeremyMoss25) May 21, 2020
Is our bushfire insurance scheme fit for purpose? Great story on our new report. #bushfires https://t.co/34dLi94QAb
— Jeremy Moss (@JeremyMoss25) May 20, 2020
Export Emissions Tool
The export emissions tool displays the emissions produced from the fossil fuels exported from Australia, Norway, Canada and the USA. The tool shows exported CO2-e. The tool allows the user to view the exported emissions produced by fuel, year and country. The tool also has a ‘responsibility bar’ that allows the user to attribute responsibility for emissions based on how much responsibility they think the exporting country should have. For a discussion of this issue see the article ‘The Morality of Exports’.
How it Works: Under the Paris Agreement states are only responsible for the emissions that are produced within their territorial boundaries. Their ‘scope 1+2’ emissions. However, states plausibly must take some responsibility for the contribution that their exported ‘scope 3’ emissions make to climate change. By moving the responsibility bar below between 0-100% we can see what a state’s contribution to climate change is depending on how much responsibility you think they ought to have for their exported emissions.
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500 Megatonne CO2-e
500000 Tonne CO2-e
*Exported carbon dioxide equivalent
Export Data
- australian emissions
- Over time: 1970 - 2019
- Compared with other nations
- Paris target emissions
- Compared to global annual emissions
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