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Mark Howden, Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University

Net zero by 2050? Too late. Australia must aim for 2035

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This year’s heightened drumbeat of extreme weather shows us how little time we actually have to slash emissions.

It is now clear that going slow on cutting greenhouse gas emissions is much more expensive than taking action. At this week’s climate ambition summit, United Nations secretary general António Guterres warned the world is “decades behind” in the transition to clean energy.

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