{"id":900367,"date":"2026-09-21T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900367\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:24:17","slug":"no-avoiding-the-cost-of-inaction-on-climate-anthony-albanese-says-in-new-york-anthony-albanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900367\/","title":{"rendered":"No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York | Anthony Albanese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia understands the dangers of global warming and the urgency of climate action as much as any other country, Anthony Albanese<\/a> has said in a keynote speech shortly before the United Nations general assembly.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the opening of the Climate Week event at the UN in New York on Monday, the prime minister said Australians had experienced the impact of climate breakdown up close with a series of disastrous bushfires and floods in the past decades.<\/p>\n

People had faced up to the adversity, he said, but now it was the turn of politicians to match their \u201cbravery\u201d and take the strong action needed to try to tackle the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to come together, to meet the problem head on,\u201d he told the assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no avoiding the scale of our responsibility \u2013 or the cost of inaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australia understood the important role it must play and the need to back
\u201csomething positive\u201d and to move forward and \u201cbuild a better future for the next generation\u201d.<\/p>\n

His government had set an \u201cambitious but achievable\u201d target to reduce emissions by 62-70% on 2005 levels by 2035 and, with a mixture of renewable power backed by gas, Australia \u201cwill get there\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now a leader in home battery installation, with Australians installing 10,000 batteries each week \u2013 more than half a million in the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Australia, spring has arrived<\/a>,\u201d Albanese said. \u201cWith a record-breaking El Ni\u00f1o forecast, Australia and the Pacific nations are preparing for a potential summer of extreme heat, bushfires and floods.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, a collection of Pacific nations came together to create the Pacific Resilience Facility, a regional climate-financing mechanism. Australia has contributed A$100m towards the fund and another A$350m<\/a> to further support climate resilient infrastructure in the Pacific.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also a promise to our Pacific family that they will not face the climate crisis alone,\u201d Albanese said. \u201cWith Australia\u2019s backing, Palau\u2019s first large-scale solar and battery project is on track to supply more than 20% of its energy needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Australia\u2019s firefighters have stepped up to respond to fires and floods in countries much further away, such as the US, Canada and France. Albanese called these firefighters \u201can international fraternity of bravery\u201d.<\/p>\n

While Australia is exporting knowledge and finance to support other parts of the world dealing with the climate emergency, the country also continues to fuel the crisis with its continued reliance on natural gas.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur 2035 target is to reduce emissions by 62-70% on 2005 levels. It is ambitious. But achievable. Australia\u2019s abundant renewable potential firmed by gas will get us there,\u201d Albanese said.<\/p>\n

While Australia\u2019s domestic demand for natural gas has decreased, the country is one of the largest exporters of liquefied natural gas, exports continuing to increase<\/a> over the past year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia understands the dangers of global warming and the urgency of climate action as much as any other…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-900367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}