The Australian Greens say the UN's new Emissions Gap Report released Tuesday is a stark reminder that both major parties are failing to listen to science and meet the ambition required to avoid climate catastrophe.
The report states that the world will fail to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 °C, with a likely breach in the next decade. The report's evidence supports calls for more ambitious emissions reduction targets.
As stated by Assistant Climate and Energy Spokesperson Senator Steph Hodgins-May:
"The new Emissions Gap report from the UN is another indictment on Labor's climate inaction.
"Time and time again, we see science sounding the alarm for world leaders to take emissions reduction seriously, only for them to slam the door shut.
"Labor ignores the deadly findings of their own Climate Risk Assessment. Will they ignore the United Nations and take findings from the international community as a suggestion?
"Our country could be a renewable energy leader, but instead, both major parties are in a race to the bottom to appease the likes of Woodside and Santos.
"Meanwhile, the PM is happy to tie our political fate to the US, fuelling the military conquests of a climate denialist with critical minerals and powering one of the world's largest polluters in the process.
"Labor needs to take science seriously and commit to the required emission targets that will secure a safe future for people and planet."
