In a dramatic shift, Australia took a step Thursday towards combating climate change when the lower house of its parliament passed a bill committing to reducing carbon emissions by 43 percent from 2005 levels by the year 2030, and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the legislation would put Australia 'on the right side of history.'
But in May, the center-left Labor Party — which had campaigned on a proposed legislation like the new bill — won a majority in parliament. With the support from the farther-left Australian Greens, the new government is expected to push the legislation through the Senate later this month. The Greens had initially proposed a 75% emissions cut by 2030, but reluctantly agreed to support the Labor bill as a first step towards more ambitious action.
“The impact of climate change is real. We need a response which is real,” Albanese told reporters on Thursday. The passage of the climate bill in parliament came on the same day that Australia received a bit of good news regarding the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's most fragile ecosystems.
“Based on the information available to me at this stage, I believe that the project would be likely to have unacceptable impacts to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and the values of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and National Heritage Place,” Plibersek said in a statement. Famous for incubating a diverse array of plants and animals, the reef is the world's largest coral ecosystem. It accounts for roughly 10% of the world's coral reef ecosystems and it includes approximately 3,000 reefs, 600 continental islands and 300 coral cays. A popular spot for snorkeling and scuba diving, it accounts forClimate change and other consequences of human activity have severely damaged it in recent years.
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