Greens say Net Zero by 2035 required to protect communities and nature
Greens say Net Zero by 2035 required to protect communities and nature | Australian Greens Skip to main content Search Get Involved Join Donate Our plan Tax the 1% Tackle the cost of living Healthcare for all Fix the housing crisis Strong climate action Policy principles & aims Our team Federal MPs State/territory MPs Officeholders Media releases Take action Volunteer Donate Issues & campaigns Events Greens Shop Leave a bequest Our movement About the Greens Become a member Jobs Green Magazine All news Get Involved Join Donate Search Our plan Toggle Tax the 1% Tackle the cost of living Healthcare for all Fix the housing crisis Strong climate action Policy principles & aims Our team Toggle Federal MPs State/territory MPs Officeholders Media releases Take action Toggle Volunteer Donate Issues & campaigns Events Greens Shop Leave a bequest Our movement Toggle About the Greens Become a member Jobs Green Magazine All news Greens say Net Zero by 2035 required to protect communities and nature 2025-07-30 The Australian Greens have called on the Government to follow the science and set 2035 targets at net-zero and stop approving new coal and gas mines, or risk losing our critical opportunity to prevent disastrous global heating.
Anything below net zero by 2035 condemns Australia to more than 2 degrees of warming, in breach of the Paris Agreement. Lines attributable to Leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Larissa Waters: “With the government planning their 2035 climate targets, it’s vital that they listen to climate scientists, people in regional communities and our Pacific Island neighbours; and not take us backwards on climate.
“Climate Targets aren’t just figures on a page. They're life or death events for people in our region and people in regional communities and all Australians who are suffering from natural disasters that are turbo charged by the climate crisis. “We know the Government is thinking about what the targets should be for our country to do our bit globally to tackle the climate crisis and global warming.
But thankfully, there’s been plenty of thinking already done, and the answer is quite clear. “The government just needs to listen to scientists, listen to bushfire survivors, listen to our Pacific neighbors, the unions and businesses who are all saying the same thing - Australia must settle on strong science based 2035 targets - and that means net zero. “The first act of Labor after being re-elected was a tick off on Woodside's massive North West shelf gas project out to 2070.
That is inconsistent with strong climate action, and just like Pacifica leaders, the bushfire survivors, and scientists, the Greens say we need strong science based targets that tackle climate pollution and keep us all safe. “Australia has done too little for too long - and now science based targets that keep warming below 2 degrees requires a monumental effort of reaching net zero in the next ten years, not by 2050.
“We can see that states and territories are doing some good work already in this space, and if you put all of their contributions together, that would already see us reduce emissions by 71%, so regardless of what the Business Council or the Nationals say, anything less than that is going backwards. And a safe climate is a mandate on which this Government was elected.
They said to the voters before the election, and what Australians want is strong climate action to keep us safe, to keep nature safe, and to keep our Pacific neighbors safe. “It can be done and the economic modelling even shows that if the federal Government invests well and soon, a net zero climate target can even be a driver of economic growth, bringing with it cheaper, cleaner energy, new industries, lifelines for regional communities, more Australian manufacturing - as well as less suffering for Australia and our Pacific neighbours and fewer species sent to extinction.” Facebook for the Australian Greens YouTube for the Australian Greens X for the Australian Greens Instagram for the Australian Greens Bluesky for the Australian Greens Privacy Members website Your safety Contact us Our plan Tax the 1% Tackle the cost of living Healthcare for all Fix the housing crisis Strong climate action In your language 2025 policy platform Policy principles & aims Our team Federal MPs State/territory MPs Officeholders Federal portfolios Federal media releases Take action Volunteer Donate Issues & campaigns Upcoming events Greens Shop Leave a bequest Green Magazine All news Our movement About the Greens Become a member Jobs Members website State/territory parties Contact us The Greens acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
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