Morning mail: Cop26 fallout, Australia wins T20 World Cup, housing dreams broken
Monday: What does the Glasgow climate pact mean for Australia and will the Morrison government deliver? Plus: the ‘broken dream’ of living in Melbourne’s outer suburbs
Good morning. Around the world, people mourn the failure of Cop26. Australian taxpayers are paying at least $59m for government advertising campaigns in the lead-up to elections. And the start of a new series on Australian housing.
The Glasgow climate package, aimed at ensuring the world limits global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, was acknowledged even by the UK hosts as “imperfect”, and leaves much of the hard work on cutting greenhouse gas emissions for next year. These are the main points in the text, highlighting that current national plans on cutting emissions are inadequate and that language on phasing out coal is weak. The United States climate envoy John Kerry said this agreement will bring the world closer than it has ever been to the goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C while Guardian columnist George Monbiot called the deal a “suicide pact.” What does it mean for Australia? It is unclear whether Australia will respect the terms of the text, with senior minister Greg Hunt refusing to say if Australia under a Morrison government will update its 2030 emissions target as required under the Cop26 Glasgow agreement.
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