For the first time Australia has officially acknowledged a climate emergency - but Anthony Albanese says that won’t affect fossil fuel extraction.
Anthony Albanese has joined Pacific Island leaders to declare the world faces a “climate emergency” and the rise in global temperatures needs to be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid catastrophic consequences.
“What I say is that the world’s climate emergency is Australia’s opportunity, a jobs opportunity for Australia. We could be a renewable energy superpower for the world if we just seize that opportunity,” Mr Albanese said when asked if he personally backed the term.Fijian Prime Minister and PIF chairman Frank Bainimarama revealed that, in their bilateral meeting on Wednesday, he asked Mr Albanese to go further on emissions reduction.
“Most urgently, it requires that we end our fossil fuel addiction, including coal. That is our ask of Australia,” he said. Pacific leaders endorsed the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, a blueprint for regional co-operation, economic development and responding to climate change.
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