By the end of of a two-hour party room conversation, a majority of colleagues were in favour of the net zero transition, provided Morrison followed through on the various high-level policy undertakings. There wasn’t a formal vote in the room, but a tally was kept. Joyce acknowledged the majority position in favour when he spoke … Read more
Speaking at the event in Riyadh on Saturday, Prince Charles said there was a ‘dangerously narrow window’ to accelerate climate action. In a video message to the Saudi Green Initiative Forum, and just a week before the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, the Prince of Wales said world leaders must ‘consider the kind of future existence that we … Read more
12.01am BST00:01 Paul Karp The house privileges committee met last night after the government defeated a bid by Labor to refer Christian Porter to it over the declaration of his legal fees being part-paid by a blind trust. The leader of the house, Peter Dutton, has asked the committee to consider clarifying the rules around … Read more
Ready for more climate talk? Because you’ll be hearing a lot of it today. Again. Despite being one of the governing parties for the past eight years, and being heavily involved in the climate policy wars, the Nationals, led by Barnaby Joyce, have apparently never before considered a net zero by 2050 target. All we … Read more
The COP26 has four goals that the member states would work towards. COP26 climate conference: The COP26 UN Climate Change Conference is set to be held from October 31 to November 12 this year, with the UK being the host. During the conference, leaders from over 190 countries would come together, along with citizens, researchers … Read more
Hectic negotiations are underway among G20 countries to set the agenda for the upcoming COP26 global climate talks in Glasgow and strike a consensus between the developed and developing nations to raise and hasten climate ambitions. On the table is a strong pitch for net-zero commitments, cutting coal use in the power sector, signing up … Read more