The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
Macintosh states, “Sixty percent is clearly inconsistent with trying
to keep temperatures to two degrees and is more consistent with trying
to keep temperatures to four degrees, so clearly outside of the bounds
of what a large number of people are now saying is the trigger for
dangerous climate change." [RadioAustralia.net.au: “New research calls for greater emission cuts"]
Macintosh concludes, “A 60 per cent mitigation target for developed countries for 2050 is likely to fall well short of what is required if there is a desire to keep the temperature increase below 3ºC.”
The ScienceAlert article concludes, “Failure to incorporate this information into policy processes now could close off options to avoid dangerous climate change.”
What should be done, according to Macintosh?
According to the Canberra Times article “Rudd's climate target 'will fail',” Macintosh states that, “We have to leapfrog those figures and enter a new realm. Australia would need to set interim goals to reduce emissions by 30 percent by 2020, and aim to move toward 70 percent by 2030.”
What about future plans for the world, in general?
The Canberra Times reports that Macintosh stated, “A concerted effort from the international community is required to achieve even an atmospheric concentration target that equates to a best-estimate warming of 3.6ºC. If there is a desire to keep the temperature increase below 3ºC, the results suggest the key abatement dates are likely to be 2020 to 2030, not 2050.”
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