{"id":44955,"date":"2020-11-19T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=44955"},"modified":"2023-09-11T06:43:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T21:13:57","slug":"australia-climate-renewables-mb1768","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-climate-renewables-mb1768\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia A G20 Laggard On Climate And Renewable Energy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/g20-climate-renewables.jpg\" alt=\"Climate Transparency Report 2020\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/g20-climate-renewables.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/g20-climate-renewables-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/g20-climate-renewables-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/g20-climate-renewables-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>18 G20 countries have implemented or are implementing carbon-pricing schemes and 16 have policies to increase renewable energy generation\u00a0 &#8211; Australia isn&#8217;t among either groups.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The latest Climate Transparency Report was released last night, and is claimed to be the most comprehensive annual review of G20 countries\u2019 climate action and their transition to a net-zero emissions economy.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative brings together the expertise of stakeholders from G20 countries. Among its 14 partners is Climate Analytics, the Energy Research Institute (ERI), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).<\/p>\n<p>The report notes the world\u2019s leading economies are ploughing trillions of dollars into COVID-19 recovery packages, but a significant proportion is going to fossil fuel industries without climate-related conditions attached. This is a concern that has previously been raised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/oecd-green-recovery-mb1683\/\">OECD<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/guterres-fossil-fuels-mb1720\/\">UN Secretary-General<\/a>. The report states approximately 30% of stimulus spending among G20 countries is going into environmentally-intensive sectors.<\/p>\n<h2>Spotlight On Australia<\/h2>\n<p>According to Climate Analytics&#8217; Bill Hare, Australia scores badly compared with its G20 partners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australia&#8217;s emissions per capita are three times the G20 average.<\/li>\n<li>Fossil fuels make up 93% of Australia&#8217;s energy mix (including power, heat, transport fuels, etc), one of the G20&#8217;s highest proportions.<\/li>\n<li>Australia ranks fourth highest in the G20 for economic losses from increasing climate impacts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Australian Government has few policies to address these issues, and its international reputation is at stake,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climate-transparency.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Climate-Transparency_Global-PR_20201111-1.pdf\">said Mr Hare<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/\">solar panels<\/a> can be seen on rooftops just about everywhere here, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass make up 4.7% of Australia\u2019s overall energy supply, lower than the G20 average of 6.4%.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Government&#8217;s 2030 national emissions reduction target is to reduce emissions 26 to 28% below 2005 by 2030 (including land use). The report states Australia is still not on track to achieve this &#8220;insufficient&#8221; target &#8211; but notes all states and mainland territories have adopted net-zero targets for 2050 or earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Government&#8217;s \u201ctechnology-neutral\u201d approach continues to support the fossil fuel industry over a transition to renewable energy and in terms of fossil fuel subsidies, here&#8217;s what Australia has been spending (USD):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2010: $5.4 billion<\/li>\n<li>2011: $6.7 billion<\/li>\n<li>2012: $5.8 billion<\/li>\n<li>2013: $5.4 billion<\/li>\n<li>2014: $5.1 billion<\/li>\n<li>2015: $4.4 billion<\/li>\n<li>2016: $7.1 billion<\/li>\n<li>2017: $8.1 billion<\/li>\n<li>2018: $7.4 billion<\/li>\n<li>2019: $7.2 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of last year&#8217;s fossil fuel subsidy total, 69% went towards the consumption of fossil fuels, and the remainder for their production.<\/p>\n<h2>More Pressure On Morrison<\/h2>\n<p>While Australian state and territory governments have been making significant inroads on renewable energy and climate action, at the Federal level there continues to be a lack of leadership that doesn&#8217;t reflect well on the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Morrison Government is coming under increasing pressure to get with the program. In recent months, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/japan-carbon-neutral-mb1737\/\">Japan, China<\/a> and South Korea have tabled carbon-neutrality targets and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cbuild back better\u201d approach involves a climate plan aiming for the U.S. to achieve a 100% clean energy economy and reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050.<\/p>\n<p>The full Climate Transparency Report 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climate-transparency.org\/g20-climate-performance\/the-climate-transparency-report-2020\">can be accessed here<\/a> and the Australia-specific section of the report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climate-transparency.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Australia-CT-2020-WEB2.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 G20 countries have implemented or are implementing carbon-pricing schemes and 16 have policies to increase renewable energy generation\u00a0 &#8211; Australia isn&#8217;t among either groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":44956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australia A G20 Laggard On Climate And Renewable Energy Policy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most G20 countries have implemented or are implementing carbon-pricing schemes and policies to boost renewables\u00a0 - Australia isn&#039;t among them.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-climate-renewables-mb1768\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australia A G20 Laggard On Climate And Renewable Energy Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most G20 countries have implemented or are implementing carbon-pricing schemes and policies to boost renewables\u00a0 - Australia isn&#039;t among them.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-climate-renewables-mb1768\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-18T21:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-10T21:13:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/g20-climate-renewables.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-climate-renewables-mb1768\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-climate-renewables-mb1768\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australia A G20 Laggard On Climate And Renewable Energy Policy\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-18T21:21:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-10T21:13:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-climate-renewables-mb1768\/\"},\"wordCount\":506,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-climate-renewables-mb1768\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/g20-climate-renewables.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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