Navigating the Black Box of Fair National Emissions Targets

Navigating the black box of fair national emissions targets

Current national emissions targets fall short of the Paris Agreement goals, prompting the need for equitable ways to close this gap. Fair emissions allowances rely on effort-sharing formulas based on fairness principles, yielding diverse outcomes. These variations, shaped by normative decisions, complicate policymaking and legal assessments of climate targets. Here we provide up-to-date numbers, comprehensively accounting for three dimensions—ph…

Territory abandons 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target

A 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target has been abandoned by a territory administration despite an election promise.

NT government backflips on 2030 emissions target promise

The Country Liberal Party committed to a 43 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030 leading into last year's NT election, which it won from opposition. The environment minister now says that target will not be implemented.

NT abandons 2030 greenhouse target as it goes all in on fracking

An election promise to implement a 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target abandoned by Northern Territory as it pushes for more mining and energy projects.