Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing
by fruityrudy on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:51AM
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How does [2] evidence “climate denying”. They just want to protect rural jobs.
Australia is not a leader. They represent a tiny fraction of CO2 emissions and it doesn’t make sense to tank the economy if the big emitters like China don’t actually take action.
Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing
by nicoburns on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:26AM
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Australia is a much bigger emitter than China on a per-capita basis and is much wealthier. I don't see how we can convince China that they should cut emissions if places like Australia and the USA won't.
Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing
by hutzlibu on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:59AM
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And how do you convince china, being on average way poorer than australia - to abolish coal, when rich australia is not?
And as far as I know, china is big on reneawbles. Australia is not, despite having top conditions for it.
The reef has pretty well had it due to climate change. It's only a matter of time, so better management of local effects such as runoff from land will delay the death, not avoid it. [1]
Apart from the climate change denying Federal Government [2], the opposition is being driven by tourist operators, who are afraid that people will write the reef off as not worth seeing [3]. Maybe they should be running a huge "Last Chance to See" campaign?
[1] https://ecos.csiro.au/coral-reefs-need-cooler-water/
[2] https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/barnaby-joyce-sets-u...
[3] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-22/great-barrier-reef-to...