{"id":1683,"date":"2019-02-26T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T16:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2019-02-26T16:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T16:28:55","slug":"meeting-our-climate-commitments-without-wrecking-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/02\/26\/meeting-our-climate-commitments-without-wrecking-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Our Climate Commitments Without Wrecking the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia will meet its international climate targets without wrecking the economy and driving power prices sky high.<br \/>\nThe Morrison Government today announced a $3.5 billion Climate Solutions Package.<br \/>\nPrime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, said Australians recognise climate change and the importance of protecting the environment.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will meet our global commitments, and do what is right for our environment, without taking a wrecking ball to the economy.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have an obligation to preserve the environment for our children. We also have an obligation to hand over a strong economy, where our kids and grandkids can get jobs.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will meet our commitments in practical ways by working with land holders, farmers, businesses and indigenous communities.<br \/>\n\u201cThere will be further announcements ahead but as part of the $3.5 billion Climate Solutions Package, we will invest a further $2 billion in the Climate Solutions Fund.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Climate Solutions Fund will build on the success of the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) which has contracted 193 million tonnes in emission reductions.<br \/>\nThe Minister for the Environment, the Hon Melissa Price MP, said that Climate Solutions Fund will ensure the ERF delivers a further 103 million tonnes in emission reductions to 2030. This will make a key contribution to us meeting our 26% emissions reduction target under the Paris agreement.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are working with people on the ground to reduce emissions and lead real environmental change.<br \/>\n\u201cThe ERF is investing in our farmers to help them revegetate degraded land, to protect existing forest areas and to increase habitats for our native species.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are working with businesses to invest in the adoption of energy efficient business practices that are reducing costs and working with waste managers and with recyclers to reduce waste emissions.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are working with indigenous communities in projects such a savannah burning where traditional land care practice is blended with modern environmental science.\u201d<br \/>\nFor more information visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.environment.gov.au\/climate-change\/government\/emissions-reduction-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.environment.gov.au\/climate-change\/gover&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia will meet its international climate targets without wrecking the economy and driving power prices sky high. The Morrison Government today announced a $3.5 billion Climate Solutions Package. Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, said Australians recognise climate change and the importance of protecting the environment. \u201cWe will meet our global commitments, and do &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/02\/26\/meeting-our-climate-commitments-without-wrecking-the-economy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meeting Our Climate Commitments Without Wrecking the Economy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}