By 2030, emissions will be reduced by 43 percent, compared with the previous target of 26-28 percent, announces the country’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Albanese promised ahead of the May election that Australia would raise its ambitions. The country has been hit hard in recent years by extensive wildfires and floods, and the famous barrier reef off the east coast has been hit repeatedly by mass bleaching. At the same time, the country has been criticized for the transition being too slow, and for the country’s extensive coal industry.
“After a decade of denial, we must now put an end to the climate war. We will work hard with everyone who wants a better future, with the power of cheaper and cleaner renewable energy,” Albanese wrote on Twitter.
Some signs of a green transition can be seen in Australia, where states in several cases have gone beyond national ambitions.
Guvbolaget BHP announces that it has not succeeded in finding a buyer for its coal mine in New South Wales, the state’s largest, and that it will thus close the plant in 2030.
– This is a very significant step for BHP, and the absence of buyers of the mine sends an incredibly strong message that coal is declining globally, when consumer countries act on climate change, says Carmel Flint at the environmental group Lock the Gate Alliance, to The Sydney Morning Herald.
And the oil giant BP announced on Wednesday that you are entering as a major player in a giant project where you will produce electricity and hydrogen in Western Australia with sun and wind.