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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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Climate Transitions: Ethics and Exports (Shorter Version)
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...
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...
Twitter @ClimateJustice
Let’s not get too excited about BHP’s A$2M donation to the Redcross.
— Jeremy Moss (@JeremyM09441937) 13 January 2020
In just one year the GHG ems from BHP’s global exports produced 596Mt CO2-e, more than the emissions of 25m Australians.https://t.co/B7NyoxbYDE pic.twitter.com/RW5taVNko4
Kangaroo Island bushfires: grave fears for unique wildlife after estimated 25,000 koalas killed https://t.co/jtF1i1o127
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 7, 2020
It is being suggested that the RBA might have to bail out fossil fuel companies. It is time for these wealthy companies to take responsibility and use their profits to fix climate harms + stop causing them. #RBA #carbonmajorshttps://t.co/ALvisze3Et
— Jeremy Moss (@JeremyM09441937) January 22, 2020
Explainer: How much did climate change ‘cost’ in the 20th century? | @Carbonbrief https://t.co/64HG4svyMQ #archive pic.twitter.com/WsqwzRLcqR
— Carbon Brief (@CarbonBrief) January 7, 2020
"Seven factors provide a degree of hope that simply didn’t exist a decade ago. None of these on their own will bring about the required tipping point, but combined with smart political outreach, they can provide momentum systemic change." ~ @AndrewSteerWRI https://t.co/0f2M9Wjlwm pic.twitter.com/KmnSoMyS8l
— World Resources Inst (@WorldResources) January 6, 2020
"Shell told investors in 2017 it would spend between $1bn to $2bn a year developing a clean energy business up to the end of 2020... In the same four years the company spent more than $120bn developing fossil fuel projects." https://t.co/IQ2huLsywx
— 350 dot org (@350) January 6, 2020
Export emissions interactive 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’.
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500 Megatonne CO2-e
500000 Tonne CO2-e
*Exported carbon dioxide equivalent
Data visualisation
- australian emissions
- Over time: 1970 - 2019
- Compared with other nations
- Paris target emissions
- Compared to global annual emissions
