Recognising that T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s bid for COP\u202f31 remains active under the UNFCCC\u2019s consensus rules, the Greens call on Labor to engage constructively with the Turkish government in a cooperative dialogue to secure a successful COP\u202f31 in Adelaide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator for South Australia and Spokesperson for the Environment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia needs to talk turkey with T\u00fcrkiye. It\u2019s time for both the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to flex some diplomatic muscle if we are to secure the world\u2019s premier climate conference right here in South Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA successful COP\u202f31 in Adelaide will be a defining moment for climate justice in Australia and the world, but only if it is underpinned by genuine cooperation, ambition, and real-world outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA stand-off over COP hosting rights won\u2019t secure the conference and certainly won\u2019t stop the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo avoid further delays that threaten Adelaide\u2019s logistical preparations, the Prime Minister must engage constructively with President\u202fErdo\u011fan to get past the deadlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe opportunity to host COP\u202f31 in Adelaide is more than a state-defining moment, it must be an act of genuine leadership as a hard deadline for stopping new polluting coal and gas projects and end the $12 billion per year in taxpayer funded subsidies to the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is also an opportunity for Australia to listen to our Pacific neighbours\u2019 calls for no new coal and gas projects, and support island nations to manage the devastating impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSouth Australia leads the charge in the transition to renewable energy, however, the transition is made harder and harder while the federal government continues to sign off on new mines and extend gas fields to 2070. This hypocrisy will undermine any bid for a genuine \u2018Pacific COP\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia cannot lecture the world on climate action if it won\u2019t stop fuelling the fire. If the Prime Minister secures COP\u202f31, he must also secure real, measurable commitments both at home and in partnership with Pacific to meet the urgency the climate emergency demands.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recognising that T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s bid for COP\u202f31 remains active under the UNFCCC\u2019s consensus rules, the Greens call on Labor to engage constructively with the Turkish government in a cooperative dialogue to secure a successful COP\u202f31 in Adelaide. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator for South Australia and Spokesperson for the Environment: \u201cAustralia needs to talk turkey with … Continue reading “Australia needs to lift some diplomatic muscle in Climate COP bid”<\/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-33547","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\/33547","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=33547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33548,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33547\/revisions\/33548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}