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Full title: State-Sponsored Greenwash: Offsetting Us Up to Fail

Chair: Paul Barclay

Brought to you by The Australia Institute in partnership with Adelaide Writers\u2019 Week

While Australia has signed up to \u2019net zero emissions\u2019 by 2050, governments and industry are still pursuing an agenda of fossil fuel expansion. Clever accounting, dodgy offsets and technocratic fantasies like carbon capture and storage continue to be used to conceal the fundamental contradiction between plans to increase gas and coal production and promises to tackle climate change. This session exposes Australia\u2019s greenwash and regulatory capture \u2013 the critical first step to robust climate policy.

Event details: Mon 06 Mar, 2:30pm on the North Stage