Dispiace moltissimo per gli Australiani che non hanno colpa. Ma per alcuni degli altri (i politici e l’industria Australiana del carbone) e’ forse l’unica cosa che potra’ (forse) fargli capire?
The 14 dirty energy projects in this report range from massive expansion of coal mining in China
.... to large-scale expansion of coal exports from Australia, ....
the US and Indonesia, to the development of risky unconventional sources of oil in the tar sands of Canada, in the Arctic, in the ocean off the coast of Brazil, in Iraq, in the Gulf of Mexico and in Kazakhstan, and to gas production in Africa and the Caspian Sea. They are the biggest dirty energy projects planned in the coming decades.5
Australia: by 2025, coal exports would increase to 408 million tonnes a year above 2011 levels, pushing associated CO2 emissions up by 1,200 million tonnes a year once the coal is burned.
By then, the CO2 emissions caused by Australian coal exports would be three times as large as the emissions from Australia’s entire domestic energy use.
The huge gap between what governments say they are doing to prevent catastrophic climate change and what they are actually doing is most evident with these 14 projects.
The governments that have approved them have all agreed that the global average temperature must be kept below 2°C.
If the governments supporting the projects in this report help push the world past the point of no return, the great irony will be that the resulting climate chaos was preventable. The technology for avoiding the emissions from these projects and for reducing overall global emissions exists right now.
La scienza e gli scienziati hanno cercato di far capire ad alcuni governi da piu di 30 anni “con le buone”. Non hanno ascoltato. Forse ascolteranno un po’ di piu’ “con le cattive” della natura e della fisica?
Ma gli Australiani sono in un certo senso fortunati. E vero che si sono presi adesso una grossa bastonata. (e che continueranno a prendersene altre probabilmente ogni anno per sempre) Ma almeno hanno prima fatto un sacco di quattrini vendendo carbone.
E tutti quelli che invece non hanno venduto o bruciato un solo grammo di carbone ma sono nonostante afflitti da siccita, incendi, uragani, inondazioni, ed ecc. ecc.? A chi lo dovrebbero andare a raccontare? A Doha? (buena suerte)
Australia’s mining industry has a dirty plan to more than double its coal exports in a little over a decade – a move that would add an extra 900 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2 a year to the atmosphere. In total, if Australian coal exports increase by the volume estimated by the Australian Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics, Australian export coal could be responsible in 2025 for 1,200Mt of carbon dioxide pollution annually.
Australia is already the world’s biggest coal exporter, and the second biggest exporter of thermal coal. The industry has been expanding in the states of New South Wales and Queensland, and further expansion plans are in the pipeline. These include plans to build up to nine new coal ports and terminals along the coast of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.94 The Reef is under particular threat from coastal development and climate change – and the coal industry is a key driver of both.
....
Burning Australian coal does not just affect Australia’s contribution to global emissions since the emissions are “exported” to the countries using the coal. The impacts will be on the quality of life of the people living where the coal ends up getting burned. In India and China, two countries seen as the most likely potential customers for the coal, urban air pollution is already among the worst in the world.100 Delhi’s air had over four times more particulate pollution in 2010 than recommended in the country’s air quality standard.101 Coal-fired power stations are one of the largest sources of the pollution plaguing people in Delhi. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates that air pollution causes 270,000 premature deaths a year in India. In China – also seen as a guaranteed buyer – the death total is 600,000.
...........
Who decides? The regulatory and assessment process in Australia is not equipped to assess and determine the impact of coal projects in the context of their contribution to climate change. Decision makers are not considering the cumulative consequences of the coal-industry expansion on global efforts to reach the goal of limiting warming to below 2°C, and environmental assessment processes at the state and national levels do not address the question of the greenhouse gas emissions produced from these proposed mines, despite Australia’s commitment to the below 2°C goal. Contributing to exceeding the 2°C goal means the likely loss of the Great Barrier Reef altogether due to its inability to recover from possible annual bleaching at higher global temperatures.
Dispiace moltissimo per gli Australiani che non hanno colpa. Ma per alcuni degli altri (i politici e l’industria Australiana del carbone) e’ forse l’unica cosa che potra’ (forse) fargli capire?
ReplyDeleteIl rapporto di Greenpeace circolato oggi …
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/publications/climate/2013/PointOfNoReturn.pdf
…dice :
The 14 dirty energy projects in this report range from
massive expansion of coal mining in China
.... to large-scale expansion of coal exports from Australia, ....
the US and Indonesia, to the development of risky unconventional
sources of oil in the tar sands of Canada, in the Arctic,
in the ocean off the coast of Brazil, in Iraq, in the Gulf of
Mexico and in Kazakhstan, and to gas production in Africa
and the Caspian Sea. They are the biggest dirty energy
projects planned in the coming decades.5
Australia: by 2025, coal exports would increase to
408 million tonnes a year above 2011 levels, pushing
associated CO2 emissions up by 1,200 million tonnes a
year once the coal is burned.
By then, the CO2 emissions caused by Australian coal exports would be three times as large as the emissions from Australia’s entire domestic
energy use.
The huge gap between what governments say they are
doing to prevent catastrophic climate change and what
they are actually doing is most evident with these 14
projects.
The governments that have approved them have
all agreed that the global average temperature must be
kept below 2°C.
If the governments supporting the projects in this report
help push the world past the point of no return, the
great irony will be that the resulting climate chaos was
preventable. The technology for avoiding the emissions
from these projects and for reducing overall global
emissions exists right now.
La scienza e gli scienziati hanno cercato di far capire ad alcuni governi da piu di 30 anni “con le buone”. Non hanno ascoltato. Forse ascolteranno un po’ di piu’ “con le cattive” della natura e della fisica?
Ma gli Australiani sono in un certo senso fortunati. E vero che si sono presi adesso una grossa bastonata. (e che continueranno a prendersene altre probabilmente ogni anno per sempre) Ma almeno hanno prima fatto un sacco di quattrini vendendo carbone.
E tutti quelli che invece non hanno venduto o bruciato un solo grammo di carbone ma sono nonostante afflitti da siccita, incendi, uragani, inondazioni, ed ecc. ecc.? A chi lo dovrebbero andare a raccontare? A Doha? (buena suerte)
Alla pagina 40 del link per il rapporto di Greenpeace ....
ReplyDeletehttp://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/publications/climate/2013/PointOfNoReturn.pdf
...si trovano anche le seguenti informazioni:
Australia’s mining industry has a dirty plan to more than
double its coal exports in a little over a decade – a move
that would add an extra 900 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2 a
year to the atmosphere. In total, if Australian coal exports
increase by the volume estimated by the Australian Bureau
of Resource and Energy Economics, Australian export coal
could be responsible in 2025 for 1,200Mt of carbon dioxide
pollution annually.
Australia is already the world’s biggest coal exporter, and
the second biggest exporter of thermal coal. The industry
has been expanding in the states of New South Wales
and Queensland, and further expansion plans are in the
pipeline. These include plans to build up to nine new coal
ports and terminals along the coast of the Great Barrier
Reef World Heritage Area.94 The Reef is under particular
threat from coastal development and climate change –
and the coal industry is a key driver of both.
....
Burning Australian coal does not just affect Australia’s
contribution to global emissions since the emissions are
“exported” to the countries using the coal. The impacts
will be on the quality of life of the people living where the
coal ends up getting burned. In India and China, two
countries seen as the most likely potential customers for
the coal, urban air pollution is already among the worst in
the world.100 Delhi’s air had over four times more particulate
pollution in 2010 than recommended in the country’s air
quality standard.101 Coal-fired power stations are one of
the largest sources of the pollution plaguing people in
Delhi. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) estimates that air pollution causes
270,000 premature deaths a year in India. In China – also
seen as a guaranteed buyer – the death total is 600,000.
...........
Who decides?
The regulatory and assessment process in Australia
is not equipped to assess and determine the impact
of coal projects in the context of their contribution to
climate change. Decision makers are not considering the
cumulative consequences of the coal-industry expansion
on global efforts to reach the goal of limiting warming to
below 2°C, and environmental assessment processes at
the state and national levels do not address the question
of the greenhouse gas emissions produced from these
proposed mines, despite Australia’s commitment to the
below 2°C goal. Contributing to exceeding the 2°C goal
means the likely loss of the Great Barrier Reef altogether
due to its inability to recover from possible annual
bleaching at higher global temperatures.