‘Our word is our bond': Senior MPs say exiting Paris deal would hurt Australia

Senior government MPs warn Australia will lose face on the world stage if it exits the Paris climate treaty, amid an unyielding push by ultra-conservatives to maintain internal discord over climate and energy policy.

Senior government MPs are resisting a push by
 conservatives to renege on the Paris climate deal.

It comes as Labor-held states and territories express dismay in the appointment of anti-wind farm campaigner Angus Taylor as Energy Minister, and say the fate of the Coalition’s National Energy Guarantee is bleak.

Read the story from The Age by Nicole Hasham and Peter Hannam - “‘Our word is our bond': Senior MPs say exiting Paris deal would hurt Australia.”

Renewables can’t deliver Paris climate goals

It will take more than renewable energy
 to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Expansion of renewable energy cannot by itself stave off catastrophic climate change, scientists warned Monday.

Even if solar and wind capacity continues to grow at breakneck speed, it will not be fast enough to cap global warming under two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the target set down in the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty, they reported in the journal Nature Climate Change.

“The rapid deployment of wind, solar and electric cars gives some hope,” lead author Glen Peters, a researcher at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo, Norway, told AFP.

Read The Guardian story - “Renewables can’t deliver Paris climate goals.”