Masoomeh Asgari

All Greens candidates for the NSW state election have been assessed by Vote Climate One as Green Light Candidates because of their strong policy and action on climate.

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    CLIMATE CHANGE

    Principles

    The Greens NSW believe that:

    1.    Humans have radically altered Earth’s biophysical environment; this degradation poses the greatest threat to our planet’s climate system. A meaningful shift by communities, governments and corporations to a more harmonious and symbiotic relationship with Earth’s living systems is urgently required.

    2.    Climate change threatens all aspects of life. It is already disrupting human societies through changing weather patterns, extreme weather events, desertification and sea level rise. It threatens food security, water, the economy, social cohesion and the well-being of humans and other living things. Impacts will escalate, putting increased pressure on natural resources and consequent impacts on our ability to satisfy basic human needs. These impacts will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in our society.

    3.    There is an urgent need to both reduce emissions to limit the severity of climate change and to proactively plan for a more hostile climate.

    4.    The scientific evidence is unequivocal. Average world temperatures continue to rise at an unprecedented rate. This is mainly due to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions (such as carbon dioxide and methane), black carbon in the lower atmosphere and deforestation.

    5.    The economic, social and environmental consequences of delaying action are so dangerous that an emergency plan with appropriate investment must be implemented to drastically reduce emissions by 2025 and reach zero or negative net emissions by 2035.

    6.    NSW is a wealthy state, ideally placed to take a lead in addressing climate change. There is no excuse for NSW continuing to have high per capita emissions compared to other jurisdictions and being a large contributor to Australian emissions.

    7.    NSW should recognise that climate change presents threats of serious and irreversible damage and should take appropriate action, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to mitigate and respond to such threats.

    8.    Climate change is an environmental, economic, moral and ethical issue. Future human generations, and other species, must not be burdened with the dire consequences of this generation’s inaction in preventing climate change.

    9.    Climate change necessitates a transition away from an economy reliant on unsustainable consumption.  We need to plan and enact a transition to a more sustainable and equitable society as a matter of urgency.

    10.    NSW is ideally placed to address climate change and to contribute solutions in many areas, particularly given our ability to innovate and our research capabilities, and these efforts must be supported as a priority.

    11.    Short lived climate pollutants (including methane, nitrous oxides, sulphur oxides, hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon) have an enormous short-term impact on global warming. Drastically reducing emissions of these pollutants will have a rapid impact in the transition to a safe climate.

    12.    To help ensure appropriate mitigation strategies for both CO2 and short-lived climate pollutants, emissions inventories should show climate impacts over 20 years (the critical period if we are to keep global warming well below 2 degrees) as well as 100 years. Consistent with the precautionary principle, all substances that cause warming (such as black carbon and carbon monoxide) should be considered, even those for which precise Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) are not yet available.

    13.    Mining, export and domestic use of fossil fuels contribute to climate change and must be phased out as a matter of urgency. All fossil fuel subsidies should be abolished. 

    14.    NSW has the capacity to ensure that our energy supply and land transport needs can be provided by renewable energy.

    15.    Agriculture and the production of foods and fibre contribute to climate change. They must both adapt to the impacts of climate change and adopt more sustainable practices to reduce emissions.

    16.    While the first priority is to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, environmentally appropriate methods to draw down these gases can also contribute to achieving long term goals.

    17.    Thousands of new jobs, particularly in rural and regional areas, can be created by prioritising investment in low carbon technologies. Similarly, thousands of jobs can be created in adapting urban and regional centres to meet the challenges of climate change.

    18.    The costs and benefits of transitioning to net zero global warming must be fairly distributed across society, minimising the adverse impacts on communities that are at the leading edge of change and on those who are most disadvantaged.

    19.    Logging and burning wood from forests is not climate neutral and often increases global warming.

    Aims

    The Greens NSW will work towards:

    20.    NSW contributing its fair share of resources and actions to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2°C and as close as possible to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in keeping with Australia’s ratification of the Paris Agreement.

    21.    Incentives for individuals and industries (including agriculture) provided by Government to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, e.g. planting trees, kelp forests, investigating biomass storage and other methods to return to 350 ppm CO2.

    22.    Building support in the community for urgent action to achieve a safe climate.

    23.    Developing a strategy to effect an equitable transition to a sustainable net zero economy through a range of measures including market and regulatory, including a price on emissions with the proceeds used to compensate low income individuals.

    24.    Supporting the transition strategy with a well-funded, comprehensive, integrated and research-based emissions reduction plan with appropriate targets and reporting for all sectors with significant greenhouse emissions.

    25.    Achieving 100% clean renewable electrical energy in NSW by 2030, or earlier.

    26.    Achieving sufficient renewable electricity capacity to power all heating and land transport, including passenger and freight rail, either by direct use of renewable electricity or, in future, by indirect use, e.g. via electrolysis to produce ‘green’ hydrogen and ammonia.

    27.    Implementing emissions reductions and local adaptation strategies in conjunction with other governments, national, state and local, and in consultation with local communities.

    28.    Implementing emissions reduction strategies as outlined in the relevant Greens NSW policies of Energy, Transport, Planning and Infrastructure, Coal and Coal Seam Gas, Forestry (in development), Coastal Management and Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Land Use and Waste (see links at the end of this document).

    29.    Introducing a ban on donations to political parties or candidates from any person or corporation with a commercial interest in any aspect of the fossil fuel industry including mining, transport, electricity generation or distribution.

    30.    Ensuring that impacts and opportunities are spread as fairly as possible across society with assistance to those at the leading edge of change and those who are most disadvantaged.

    31.    Funding research into the local impacts of climate change and methods to minimise their impact.

    32.    Proactive assistance to other nations, particularly in our region, to create safe climate economies, and adapt to climate change through appropriate technology transfer and other forms of assistance, including resettling and rehousing displaced populations where required.

    Relevant policies

    Almost all Greens policies relate to the management of the Climate Emergency, especially:

    Air QualityAgriculture and Rural Land UseBiodiversityBushfire Risk ManagementCoal and GasCoastal ManagementEnergyEnvironmental Impact AssessmentForestsHousing and HomelessnessIndustryPlanning and InfrastructureRegional DevelopmentTransport, and Waste Elimination.

    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Elizabeth Farrelly Independents

    Climate Action

    From fires to floods, climate change is affecting us all, with the potential for extreme damage to our homes, our communities and our economy. We not only need to take urgent action to transition rapidly to efficient, zero emission, low cost energy but to enable communities dependent on fossil fuel industries to effectively transition to better clean energy jobs for the future. If we’re elected, we’ll:

    1. Legislate a net zero emissions commitment for NSW by 2030
    2. Ban all future fossil fuel mining and fracking applications
    3. Reintroduce NSW SEPP (Design and Place State Environmental Planning Policy) protocols for environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient buildings
    4. Eliminate shonky greenwashed biodiversity offsets 
    5. Repeal draconian anti-climate change protest laws

    “We tend to consider systems fairly mechanical production systems, road systems, political systems. We think of order as imposed and restrictive. But nature’s order is quick and responsive, its sustaining systems ineffable and silent, too complex for formulation and too subtle for perception, until they go wrong.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Abo1BGFNw&t=112s
    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Greg Watkinson

    All Greens candidates for the NSW state election have been assessed by Vote Climate One as Green Light Candidates because of their strong policy and action on climate.

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    CLIMATE CHANGE

    Principles

    The Greens NSW believe that:

    1.    Humans have radically altered Earth’s biophysical environment; this degradation poses the greatest threat to our planet’s climate system. A meaningful shift by communities, governments and corporations to a more harmonious and symbiotic relationship with Earth’s living systems is urgently required.

    2.    Climate change threatens all aspects of life. It is already disrupting human societies through changing weather patterns, extreme weather events, desertification and sea level rise. It threatens food security, water, the economy, social cohesion and the well-being of humans and other living things. Impacts will escalate, putting increased pressure on natural resources and consequent impacts on our ability to satisfy basic human needs. These impacts will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in our society.

    3.    There is an urgent need to both reduce emissions to limit the severity of climate change and to proactively plan for a more hostile climate.

    4.    The scientific evidence is unequivocal. Average world temperatures continue to rise at an unprecedented rate. This is mainly due to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions (such as carbon dioxide and methane), black carbon in the lower atmosphere and deforestation.

    5.    The economic, social and environmental consequences of delaying action are so dangerous that an emergency plan with appropriate investment must be implemented to drastically reduce emissions by 2025 and reach zero or negative net emissions by 2035.

    6.    NSW is a wealthy state, ideally placed to take a lead in addressing climate change. There is no excuse for NSW continuing to have high per capita emissions compared to other jurisdictions and being a large contributor to Australian emissions.

    7.    NSW should recognise that climate change presents threats of serious and irreversible damage and should take appropriate action, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to mitigate and respond to such threats.

    8.    Climate change is an environmental, economic, moral and ethical issue. Future human generations, and other species, must not be burdened with the dire consequences of this generation’s inaction in preventing climate change.

    9.    Climate change necessitates a transition away from an economy reliant on unsustainable consumption.  We need to plan and enact a transition to a more sustainable and equitable society as a matter of urgency.

    10.    NSW is ideally placed to address climate change and to contribute solutions in many areas, particularly given our ability to innovate and our research capabilities, and these efforts must be supported as a priority.

    11.    Short lived climate pollutants (including methane, nitrous oxides, sulphur oxides, hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon) have an enormous short-term impact on global warming. Drastically reducing emissions of these pollutants will have a rapid impact in the transition to a safe climate.

    12.    To help ensure appropriate mitigation strategies for both CO2 and short-lived climate pollutants, emissions inventories should show climate impacts over 20 years (the critical period if we are to keep global warming well below 2 degrees) as well as 100 years. Consistent with the precautionary principle, all substances that cause warming (such as black carbon and carbon monoxide) should be considered, even those for which precise Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) are not yet available.

    13.    Mining, export and domestic use of fossil fuels contribute to climate change and must be phased out as a matter of urgency. All fossil fuel subsidies should be abolished. 

    14.    NSW has the capacity to ensure that our energy supply and land transport needs can be provided by renewable energy.

    15.    Agriculture and the production of foods and fibre contribute to climate change. They must both adapt to the impacts of climate change and adopt more sustainable practices to reduce emissions.

    16.    While the first priority is to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, environmentally appropriate methods to draw down these gases can also contribute to achieving long term goals.

    17.    Thousands of new jobs, particularly in rural and regional areas, can be created by prioritising investment in low carbon technologies. Similarly, thousands of jobs can be created in adapting urban and regional centres to meet the challenges of climate change.

    18.    The costs and benefits of transitioning to net zero global warming must be fairly distributed across society, minimising the adverse impacts on communities that are at the leading edge of change and on those who are most disadvantaged.

    19.    Logging and burning wood from forests is not climate neutral and often increases global warming.

    Aims

    The Greens NSW will work towards:

    20.    NSW contributing its fair share of resources and actions to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2°C and as close as possible to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in keeping with Australia’s ratification of the Paris Agreement.

    21.    Incentives for individuals and industries (including agriculture) provided by Government to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, e.g. planting trees, kelp forests, investigating biomass storage and other methods to return to 350 ppm CO2.

    22.    Building support in the community for urgent action to achieve a safe climate.

    23.    Developing a strategy to effect an equitable transition to a sustainable net zero economy through a range of measures including market and regulatory, including a price on emissions with the proceeds used to compensate low income individuals.

    24.    Supporting the transition strategy with a well-funded, comprehensive, integrated and research-based emissions reduction plan with appropriate targets and reporting for all sectors with significant greenhouse emissions.

    25.    Achieving 100% clean renewable electrical energy in NSW by 2030, or earlier.

    26.    Achieving sufficient renewable electricity capacity to power all heating and land transport, including passenger and freight rail, either by direct use of renewable electricity or, in future, by indirect use, e.g. via electrolysis to produce ‘green’ hydrogen and ammonia.

    27.    Implementing emissions reductions and local adaptation strategies in conjunction with other governments, national, state and local, and in consultation with local communities.

    28.    Implementing emissions reduction strategies as outlined in the relevant Greens NSW policies of Energy, Transport, Planning and Infrastructure, Coal and Coal Seam Gas, Forestry (in development), Coastal Management and Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Land Use and Waste (see links at the end of this document).

    29.    Introducing a ban on donations to political parties or candidates from any person or corporation with a commercial interest in any aspect of the fossil fuel industry including mining, transport, electricity generation or distribution.

    30.    Ensuring that impacts and opportunities are spread as fairly as possible across society with assistance to those at the leading edge of change and those who are most disadvantaged.

    31.    Funding research into the local impacts of climate change and methods to minimise their impact.

    32.    Proactive assistance to other nations, particularly in our region, to create safe climate economies, and adapt to climate change through appropriate technology transfer and other forms of assistance, including resettling and rehousing displaced populations where required.

    Relevant policies

    Almost all Greens policies relate to the management of the Climate Emergency, especially:

    Air QualityAgriculture and Rural Land UseBiodiversityBushfire Risk ManagementCoal and GasCoastal ManagementEnergyEnvironmental Impact AssessmentForestsHousing and HomelessnessIndustryPlanning and InfrastructureRegional DevelopmentTransport, and Waste Elimination.

    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Dominic Wy Kanak

    All Greens candidates for the NSW state election have been assessed by Vote Climate One as Green Light Candidates because of their strong policy and action on climate.

    CLIMATE CHANGE

    Principles

    The Greens NSW believe that:

    1.    Humans have radically altered Earth’s biophysical environment; this degradation poses the greatest threat to our planet’s climate system. A meaningful shift by communities, governments and corporations to a more harmonious and symbiotic relationship with Earth’s living systems is urgently required.

    2.    Climate change threatens all aspects of life. It is already disrupting human societies through changing weather patterns, extreme weather events, desertification and sea level rise. It threatens food security, water, the economy, social cohesion and the well-being of humans and other living things. Impacts will escalate, putting increased pressure on natural resources and consequent impacts on our ability to satisfy basic human needs. These impacts will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in our society.

    3.    There is an urgent need to both reduce emissions to limit the severity of climate change and to proactively plan for a more hostile climate.

    4.    The scientific evidence is unequivocal. Average world temperatures continue to rise at an unprecedented rate. This is mainly due to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions (such as carbon dioxide and methane), black carbon in the lower atmosphere and deforestation.

    5.    The economic, social and environmental consequences of delaying action are so dangerous that an emergency plan with appropriate investment must be implemented to drastically reduce emissions by 2025 and reach zero or negative net emissions by 2035.

    6.    NSW is a wealthy state, ideally placed to take a lead in addressing climate change. There is no excuse for NSW continuing to have high per capita emissions compared to other jurisdictions and being a large contributor to Australian emissions.

    7.    NSW should recognise that climate change presents threats of serious and irreversible damage and should take appropriate action, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to mitigate and respond to such threats.

    8.    Climate change is an environmental, economic, moral and ethical issue. Future human generations, and other species, must not be burdened with the dire consequences of this generation’s inaction in preventing climate change.

    9.    Climate change necessitates a transition away from an economy reliant on unsustainable consumption.  We need to plan and enact a transition to a more sustainable and equitable society as a matter of urgency.

    10.    NSW is ideally placed to address climate change and to contribute solutions in many areas, particularly given our ability to innovate and our research capabilities, and these efforts must be supported as a priority.

    11.    Short lived climate pollutants (including methane, nitrous oxides, sulphur oxides, hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon) have an enormous short-term impact on global warming. Drastically reducing emissions of these pollutants will have a rapid impact in the transition to a safe climate.

    12.    To help ensure appropriate mitigation strategies for both CO2 and short-lived climate pollutants, emissions inventories should show climate impacts over 20 years (the critical period if we are to keep global warming well below 2 degrees) as well as 100 years. Consistent with the precautionary principle, all substances that cause warming (such as black carbon and carbon monoxide) should be considered, even those for which precise Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) are not yet available.

    13.    Mining, export and domestic use of fossil fuels contribute to climate change and must be phased out as a matter of urgency. All fossil fuel subsidies should be abolished. 

    14.    NSW has the capacity to ensure that our energy supply and land transport needs can be provided by renewable energy.

    15.    Agriculture and the production of foods and fibre contribute to climate change. They must both adapt to the impacts of climate change and adopt more sustainable practices to reduce emissions.

    16.    While the first priority is to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, environmentally appropriate methods to draw down these gases can also contribute to achieving long term goals.

    17.    Thousands of new jobs, particularly in rural and regional areas, can be created by prioritising investment in low carbon technologies. Similarly, thousands of jobs can be created in adapting urban and regional centres to meet the challenges of climate change.

    18.    The costs and benefits of transitioning to net zero global warming must be fairly distributed across society, minimising the adverse impacts on communities that are at the leading edge of change and on those who are most disadvantaged.

    19.    Logging and burning wood from forests is not climate neutral and often increases global warming.

    Aims

    The Greens NSW will work towards:

    20.    NSW contributing its fair share of resources and actions to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2°C and as close as possible to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in keeping with Australia’s ratification of the Paris Agreement.

    21.    Incentives for individuals and industries (including agriculture) provided by Government to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, e.g. planting trees, kelp forests, investigating biomass storage and other methods to return to 350 ppm CO2.

    22.    Building support in the community for urgent action to achieve a safe climate.

    23.    Developing a strategy to effect an equitable transition to a sustainable net zero economy through a range of measures including market and regulatory, including a price on emissions with the proceeds used to compensate low income individuals.

    24.    Supporting the transition strategy with a well-funded, comprehensive, integrated and research-based emissions reduction plan with appropriate targets and reporting for all sectors with significant greenhouse emissions.

    25.    Achieving 100% clean renewable electrical energy in NSW by 2030, or earlier.

    26.    Achieving sufficient renewable electricity capacity to power all heating and land transport, including passenger and freight rail, either by direct use of renewable electricity or, in future, by indirect use, e.g. via electrolysis to produce ‘green’ hydrogen and ammonia.

    27.    Implementing emissions reductions and local adaptation strategies in conjunction with other governments, national, state and local, and in consultation with local communities.

    28.    Implementing emissions reduction strategies as outlined in the relevant Greens NSW policies of Energy, Transport, Planning and Infrastructure, Coal and Coal Seam Gas, Forestry (in development), Coastal Management and Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Land Use and Waste (see links at the end of this document).

    29.    Introducing a ban on donations to political parties or candidates from any person or corporation with a commercial interest in any aspect of the fossil fuel industry including mining, transport, electricity generation or distribution.

    30.    Ensuring that impacts and opportunities are spread as fairly as possible across society with assistance to those at the leading edge of change and those who are most disadvantaged.

    31.    Funding research into the local impacts of climate change and methods to minimise their impact.

    32.    Proactive assistance to other nations, particularly in our region, to create safe climate economies, and adapt to climate change through appropriate technology transfer and other forms of assistance, including resettling and rehousing displaced populations where required.

    Relevant policies

    Almost all Greens policies relate to the management of the Climate Emergency, especially:

    Air QualityAgriculture and Rural Land UseBiodiversityBushfire Risk ManagementCoal and GasCoastal ManagementEnergyEnvironmental Impact AssessmentForestsHousing and HomelessnessIndustryPlanning and InfrastructureRegional DevelopmentTransport, and Waste Elimination.

    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Jason Webster

    All Greens candidates for the NSW state election have been assessed by Vote Climate One as Green Light Candidates because of their strong policy and action on climate.

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    CLIMATE CHANGE

    Principles

    The Greens NSW believe that:

    1.    Humans have radically altered Earth’s biophysical environment; this degradation poses the greatest threat to our planet’s climate system. A meaningful shift by communities, governments and corporations to a more harmonious and symbiotic relationship with Earth’s living systems is urgently required.

    2.    Climate change threatens all aspects of life. It is already disrupting human societies through changing weather patterns, extreme weather events, desertification and sea level rise. It threatens food security, water, the economy, social cohesion and the well-being of humans and other living things. Impacts will escalate, putting increased pressure on natural resources and consequent impacts on our ability to satisfy basic human needs. These impacts will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in our society.

    3.    There is an urgent need to both reduce emissions to limit the severity of climate change and to proactively plan for a more hostile climate.

    4.    The scientific evidence is unequivocal. Average world temperatures continue to rise at an unprecedented rate. This is mainly due to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions (such as carbon dioxide and methane), black carbon in the lower atmosphere and deforestation.

    5.    The economic, social and environmental consequences of delaying action are so dangerous that an emergency plan with appropriate investment must be implemented to drastically reduce emissions by 2025 and reach zero or negative net emissions by 2035.

    6.    NSW is a wealthy state, ideally placed to take a lead in addressing climate change. There is no excuse for NSW continuing to have high per capita emissions compared to other jurisdictions and being a large contributor to Australian emissions.

    7.    NSW should recognise that climate change presents threats of serious and irreversible damage and should take appropriate action, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to mitigate and respond to such threats.

    8.    Climate change is an environmental, economic, moral and ethical issue. Future human generations, and other species, must not be burdened with the dire consequences of this generation’s inaction in preventing climate change.

    9.    Climate change necessitates a transition away from an economy reliant on unsustainable consumption.  We need to plan and enact a transition to a more sustainable and equitable society as a matter of urgency.

    10.    NSW is ideally placed to address climate change and to contribute solutions in many areas, particularly given our ability to innovate and our research capabilities, and these efforts must be supported as a priority.

    11.    Short lived climate pollutants (including methane, nitrous oxides, sulphur oxides, hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon) have an enormous short-term impact on global warming. Drastically reducing emissions of these pollutants will have a rapid impact in the transition to a safe climate.

    12.    To help ensure appropriate mitigation strategies for both CO2 and short-lived climate pollutants, emissions inventories should show climate impacts over 20 years (the critical period if we are to keep global warming well below 2 degrees) as well as 100 years. Consistent with the precautionary principle, all substances that cause warming (such as black carbon and carbon monoxide) should be considered, even those for which precise Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) are not yet available.

    13.    Mining, export and domestic use of fossil fuels contribute to climate change and must be phased out as a matter of urgency. All fossil fuel subsidies should be abolished. 

    14.    NSW has the capacity to ensure that our energy supply and land transport needs can be provided by renewable energy.

    15.    Agriculture and the production of foods and fibre contribute to climate change. They must both adapt to the impacts of climate change and adopt more sustainable practices to reduce emissions.

    16.    While the first priority is to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, environmentally appropriate methods to draw down these gases can also contribute to achieving long term goals.

    17.    Thousands of new jobs, particularly in rural and regional areas, can be created by prioritising investment in low carbon technologies. Similarly, thousands of jobs can be created in adapting urban and regional centres to meet the challenges of climate change.

    18.    The costs and benefits of transitioning to net zero global warming must be fairly distributed across society, minimising the adverse impacts on communities that are at the leading edge of change and on those who are most disadvantaged.

    19.    Logging and burning wood from forests is not climate neutral and often increases global warming.

    Aims

    The Greens NSW will work towards:

    20.    NSW contributing its fair share of resources and actions to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2°C and as close as possible to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in keeping with Australia’s ratification of the Paris Agreement.

    21.    Incentives for individuals and industries (including agriculture) provided by Government to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, e.g. planting trees, kelp forests, investigating biomass storage and other methods to return to 350 ppm CO2.

    22.    Building support in the community for urgent action to achieve a safe climate.

    23.    Developing a strategy to effect an equitable transition to a sustainable net zero economy through a range of measures including market and regulatory, including a price on emissions with the proceeds used to compensate low income individuals.

    24.    Supporting the transition strategy with a well-funded, comprehensive, integrated and research-based emissions reduction plan with appropriate targets and reporting for all sectors with significant greenhouse emissions.

    25.    Achieving 100% clean renewable electrical energy in NSW by 2030, or earlier.

    26.    Achieving sufficient renewable electricity capacity to power all heating and land transport, including passenger and freight rail, either by direct use of renewable electricity or, in future, by indirect use, e.g. via electrolysis to produce ‘green’ hydrogen and ammonia.

    27.    Implementing emissions reductions and local adaptation strategies in conjunction with other governments, national, state and local, and in consultation with local communities.

    28.    Implementing emissions reduction strategies as outlined in the relevant Greens NSW policies of Energy, Transport, Planning and Infrastructure, Coal and Coal Seam Gas, Forestry (in development), Coastal Management and Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Land Use and Waste (see links at the end of this document).

    29.    Introducing a ban on donations to political parties or candidates from any person or corporation with a commercial interest in any aspect of the fossil fuel industry including mining, transport, electricity generation or distribution.

    30.    Ensuring that impacts and opportunities are spread as fairly as possible across society with assistance to those at the leading edge of change and those who are most disadvantaged.

    31.    Funding research into the local impacts of climate change and methods to minimise their impact.

    32.    Proactive assistance to other nations, particularly in our region, to create safe climate economies, and adapt to climate change through appropriate technology transfer and other forms of assistance, including resettling and rehousing displaced populations where required.

    Relevant policies

    Almost all Greens policies relate to the management of the Climate Emergency, especially:

    Air QualityAgriculture and Rural Land UseBiodiversityBushfire Risk ManagementCoal and GasCoastal ManagementEnergyEnvironmental Impact AssessmentForestsHousing and HomelessnessIndustryPlanning and InfrastructureRegional DevelopmentTransport, and Waste Elimination.

    Revised October 2022

    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Socialist Alliance

    Our rigorous assessment has scored green light parties above all others on ecological and climate policy. We advise you to preference members of parties like this first on your ballot paper.

    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Victoria Davidson

    Victoria has been deemed worthy of support from Climate 200. Vote Climate One has also assessed her as an excellent candidate to support action on climate.

    Climate Change and a Green Economy Policy

    At least a 60% Emissions Reduction Target (ERT) by 2030, 80% by 2035, and Net Zero by 2040

    • legislation of targets and clear emissions reduction planning for all sectors, including hard to abate sectors;
      • legislation must ensure built-in monitoring and accountability;
      • regular reporting to Parliament and a Climate Change Joint Parliamentary Committee would strengthen monitoring, reporting and public confidence. 
    • whole of economy approach to climate change solutions: a climate change lens applied to all government projects and decisions to ensure they are not incompatible with achieving ERTs;
    • support for households and businesses to transition to full electrification and get off gas.  Support the development of a gas substitution roadmap;
    • ensure there is an equitable transition to clean energy including for those in strata/ apartment living;
    • support for community batteries and a small scale storage target.
    • No new coal or gas projects 
    • Acknowledgement that Australia is one of the highest per capita CO2-e emitters in the world and we need an accelerated transition away from fossil fuel exports to green industries including critical minerals and rare earth mining, and value added manufacturing.   
    • Introduce a progressive coal royalty (similar to Qld) with the additional funds specifically designated to support regional communities to transition;
    • Acceleration and prioritisation of investment in renewable energy projects and transmission infrastructure, including firming/storage solutions;
    • Recognition that we need active leadership and vision for the transition to a zero-carbon economy, including a significant investment in building the highly skilled workforce needed for a decarbonised future.
    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Joeline Hackman

    Joeline has been deemed worthy of support from Climate 200. Vote Climate One has also assessed her as an excellent candidate to support action on climate.

    Climate

    • No new coal and gas mines. No new exploration licenses or leases for fossil fuels.

    • End logging in native forests by 2024, stop the koala wars and expand our plantations based industry.

    • Empower households and local businesses to make the shift to clean energy, by incentivising with zero interest loans the rapid uptake of rooftop solar, reverse cycle air-conditioners or heat pumps in homes and apartment buildings, and increasing access to EVs.

    • Address the uptake barrier by splitting the value pie for owners and renters, and utilising public assets like car parks, bus stops and bus depots as solar power cells.

    • Legislate 65% emissions reduction by 2030 (on 2005 level) and net zero emissions by 2045 to signal to markets that businesses need to invest in the new energy economy. Target 85% emissions by 2035, with a detailed plan in place.

    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Kim Grierson

    All Greens candidates for the NSW state election have been assessed by Vote Climate One as Green Light Candidates because of their strong policy and action on climate.

    Kim Grierson

    CLIMATE CHANGE

    Principles

    The Greens NSW believe that:

    1.    Humans have radically altered Earth’s biophysical environment; this degradation poses the greatest threat to our planet’s climate system. A meaningful shift by communities, governments and corporations to a more harmonious and symbiotic relationship with Earth’s living systems is urgently required.

    2.    Climate change threatens all aspects of life. It is already disrupting human societies through changing weather patterns, extreme weather events, desertification and sea level rise. It threatens food security, water, the economy, social cohesion and the well-being of humans and other living things. Impacts will escalate, putting increased pressure on natural resources and consequent impacts on our ability to satisfy basic human needs. These impacts will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in our society.

    3.    There is an urgent need to both reduce emissions to limit the severity of climate change and to proactively plan for a more hostile climate.

    4.    The scientific evidence is unequivocal. Average world temperatures continue to rise at an unprecedented rate. This is mainly due to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions (such as carbon dioxide and methane), black carbon in the lower atmosphere and deforestation.

    5.    The economic, social and environmental consequences of delaying action are so dangerous that an emergency plan with appropriate investment must be implemented to drastically reduce emissions by 2025 and reach zero or negative net emissions by 2035.

    6.    NSW is a wealthy state, ideally placed to take a lead in addressing climate change. There is no excuse for NSW continuing to have high per capita emissions compared to other jurisdictions and being a large contributor to Australian emissions.

    7.    NSW should recognise that climate change presents threats of serious and irreversible damage and should take appropriate action, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to mitigate and respond to such threats.

    8.    Climate change is an environmental, economic, moral and ethical issue. Future human generations, and other species, must not be burdened with the dire consequences of this generation’s inaction in preventing climate change.

    9.    Climate change necessitates a transition away from an economy reliant on unsustainable consumption.  We need to plan and enact a transition to a more sustainable and equitable society as a matter of urgency.

    10.    NSW is ideally placed to address climate change and to contribute solutions in many areas, particularly given our ability to innovate and our research capabilities, and these efforts must be supported as a priority.

    11.    Short lived climate pollutants (including methane, nitrous oxides, sulphur oxides, hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon) have an enormous short-term impact on global warming. Drastically reducing emissions of these pollutants will have a rapid impact in the transition to a safe climate.

    12.    To help ensure appropriate mitigation strategies for both CO2 and short-lived climate pollutants, emissions inventories should show climate impacts over 20 years (the critical period if we are to keep global warming well below 2 degrees) as well as 100 years. Consistent with the precautionary principle, all substances that cause warming (such as black carbon and carbon monoxide) should be considered, even those for which precise Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) are not yet available.

    13.    Mining, export and domestic use of fossil fuels contribute to climate change and must be phased out as a matter of urgency. All fossil fuel subsidies should be abolished. 

    14.    NSW has the capacity to ensure that our energy supply and land transport needs can be provided by renewable energy.

    15.    Agriculture and the production of foods and fibre contribute to climate change. They must both adapt to the impacts of climate change and adopt more sustainable practices to reduce emissions.

    16.    While the first priority is to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, environmentally appropriate methods to draw down these gases can also contribute to achieving long term goals.

    17.    Thousands of new jobs, particularly in rural and regional areas, can be created by prioritising investment in low carbon technologies. Similarly, thousands of jobs can be created in adapting urban and regional centres to meet the challenges of climate change.

    18.    The costs and benefits of transitioning to net zero global warming must be fairly distributed across society, minimising the adverse impacts on communities that are at the leading edge of change and on those who are most disadvantaged.

    19.    Logging and burning wood from forests is not climate neutral and often increases global warming.

    Aims

    The Greens NSW will work towards:

    20.    NSW contributing its fair share of resources and actions to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2°C and as close as possible to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in keeping with Australia’s ratification of the Paris Agreement.

    21.    Incentives for individuals and industries (including agriculture) provided by Government to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, e.g. planting trees, kelp forests, investigating biomass storage and other methods to return to 350 ppm CO2.

    22.    Building support in the community for urgent action to achieve a safe climate.

    23.    Developing a strategy to effect an equitable transition to a sustainable net zero economy through a range of measures including market and regulatory, including a price on emissions with the proceeds used to compensate low income individuals.

    24.    Supporting the transition strategy with a well-funded, comprehensive, integrated and research-based emissions reduction plan with appropriate targets and reporting for all sectors with significant greenhouse emissions.

    25.    Achieving 100% clean renewable electrical energy in NSW by 2030, or earlier.

    26.    Achieving sufficient renewable electricity capacity to power all heating and land transport, including passenger and freight rail, either by direct use of renewable electricity or, in future, by indirect use, e.g. via electrolysis to produce ‘green’ hydrogen and ammonia.

    27.    Implementing emissions reductions and local adaptation strategies in conjunction with other governments, national, state and local, and in consultation with local communities.

    28.    Implementing emissions reduction strategies as outlined in the relevant Greens NSW policies of Energy, Transport, Planning and Infrastructure, Coal and Coal Seam Gas, Forestry (in development), Coastal Management and Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Land Use and Waste (see links at the end of this document).

    29.    Introducing a ban on donations to political parties or candidates from any person or corporation with a commercial interest in any aspect of the fossil fuel industry including mining, transport, electricity generation or distribution.

    30.    Ensuring that impacts and opportunities are spread as fairly as possible across society with assistance to those at the leading edge of change and those who are most disadvantaged.

    31.    Funding research into the local impacts of climate change and methods to minimise their impact.

    32.    Proactive assistance to other nations, particularly in our region, to create safe climate economies, and adapt to climate change through appropriate technology transfer and other forms of assistance, including resettling and rehousing displaced populations where required.

    Relevant policies

    Almost all Greens policies relate to the management of the Climate Emergency, especially:

    Air QualityAgriculture and Rural Land UseBiodiversityBushfire Risk ManagementCoal and GasCoastal ManagementEnergyEnvironmental Impact AssessmentForestsHousing and HomelessnessIndustryPlanning and InfrastructureRegional DevelopmentTransport, and Waste Elimination.

    Views expressed in this post are those of its author(s), not necessarily all Vote Climate One members.

    Jacqui Scruby

    Jacqui is an exceptional green light candidate.

    Jacqui Scruby Independent Pittwater

    Standing up for real climate action

    As an advisor to our federal MP, Dr Sophie Scamps, I worked with her to improve the landmark Climate Change Act and I’ll bring that expertise to state Parliament. This election is our chance to implement real climate action.

    • Ensure there are no new coal and gas projects in NSW, an urgent priority given the current government has approved 26 new coal and gas projects since the Paris Agreement which will emit 34 times our state’s annual emissions over the course of their lifetimes
    • Save our forests by ending native forest logging, following other states’ lead in a move that will give koalas back their habitat and save the taxpayer tens of millions of dollars each year
    • Trust the science by legislating to reduce NSW’s emissions by 75% by 2030.
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