Putting the 'net' into net-zero targets: it's time to start doing things that work. Now | Richard Denniss

The best way to hit a net zero target would have been to stop building coalmines and gas fields 20 years agoAfter a summer of catastrophic bushfires, the most brutal evidence of the impacts of climate change, the government has managed to move the debate towards the pros and cons of setting a long-term net zero emissions target for 2050. While #Scottyfrommarketing copped flack for his lack of empathy or response to the summer of fires, you have to admit, he's done an amazing job of shifting the debate away from the Coalition's failure to reduce emissions or prepare for the fires they were warned of by 24 former fire and emergency chiefs. Continue reading...