The 2023 Canadian forest fires have been extreme in scale and intensity with more than seven times the average annual area burned compared to the previous four decades1. Here, we quantify the carbon emissions from these fires from May to September 2023 on the basis of inverse modelling of sate...
CANBERRA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Australia's carbon emissions have been slashed 34 percent per capita since 1990, said a government report released on Tuesday. The review of climate change policies report found that Australia's emissions are at their lowest level in 28 years on both a per cap...
doi:10.1016/s0262-4079(20)30535-2Adam VaughanNew Scientist
Australia's biggest carbon polluter announced Thursday it will exit coal-fired power a decade early, as renewable projects surge in a country long seen as a climate laggard.
Emissions from prescribed fire in temperate forest in south-east Australia: implications for carbon accountingWe estimated of emissions of carbon, as CO2-equivalents, from planned fire in four sites in a south-eastern Australian forest. ... M Possell,M Jenkins,TL Bell,... - 《Biogeosciences Di...
International experts meeting in Australia say globalcarbon emissions (排放) can be reduced by more than 50 percentthrough simple energy saving measures. People at a conference in Australia,which increasingly relies on coal for power, say that reducing powerconsumption is an affordable way to both ...
investors and companies around the world are working towards a net zero economic transition by 2050. More than 130 countries, including Australia, have now committed or proposed to achieve net zero emissions by 20503. The Australian Government has also set an emissions reduction target of 43% by...
Both signal a major energy transition for Australia, where 71 percent of electricity is generated by fossil fuels -- 51 percent of that from coal -- according to government figures. The country currently has the highest per capita coal emissions in the world, according to research by think tan...
This is approximately 2.4 gigatons of CO2, equivalent to zeroing out the 2030 annual emissions of Australia, Canada and Japan combined.Click here to load media Advocating for environmental policy changeFinally, public policy has an important role in creating enabling environments to accelera...
A new study by ANU has found Australia can easily meet its 2030 carbon emissions target by replacing coal-fired power stations with renewables at zero net cost.