SLAM THE BRAKES: Strengthen the Pollution Speed Limit

The Climate Council is calling for Australia’s 10 biggest corporate polluters to publicly pledge to cut their emissions in absolute terms by 2030 under a reformed Safeguard Mechanism - also known as the Pollution Speed Limit.

The Australian Government says it wants to introduce legislation to set up the new Safeguard Mechanism scheme before the end of the year, so we don’t have long to get this right.

The time for pollution-as-usual is over. Please join us in taking action today so that Australia’s biggest polluters don’t get to write their own road rules.

To read more about the Pollution Speed Limit, check out our article: Australia's most important climate policy (you've probably never heard of)

The Climate Council is calling for Australia’s 10 biggest corporate polluters to publicly pledge to cut their emissions in absolute terms by 2030 under a reformed Safeguard Mechanism - also known as the Pollution Speed Limit.

The Australian Government says it wants to introduce legislation to set up the new Safeguard Mechanism scheme before the end of the year, so we don’t have long to get this right.

The time for pollution-as-usual is over. Please join us in taking action today so that Australia’s biggest polluters don’t get to write their own road rules.

To read more about the Pollution Speed Limit, check out our article: Australia's most important climate policy (you've probably never heard of)

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Email the Top Corporate Polluters!

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Send this email to the top 10 biggest corporate polluters in Australia, and urge them to start pulling their weight.

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Rio Tinto
Chevron
Woodside
Santos
Anglo American
Bluescope Steel
BHP
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Glencore
GFG Alliance.

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We are writing to you as the leader of one of the 10 biggest polluters currently within the Safeguard Mechanism.

Just 10 companies - yours among them - have emitted more than half of all harmful greenhouse gases regulated by the mechanism since it started. At over 362 million tonnes of pollution, your collective contribution to Australia’s domestic emissions is equivalent to that produced by over 16 million Australians in a year (Revealed: Australias Biggest Polluters Under Safeguard Mechanism, ACF).

Reform of the Safeguard Mechanism is critical for Australia’s path to net zero. We therefore call on you to publicly commit your firm to making absolute cuts to emissions each year to 2030.

Cuts to emissions achieved on paper through the use of flimsy offsets will not deliver the rapid reduction we need now to prevent further, harmful climate change. We have a narrow window this decade to avoid the worst climate impacts, so the time for pollution-as-usual is over.

Your company has made a commitment to shareholders, financial markets and the Australian community to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner. We therefore urge you to back these commitments up by starting to make real, deep cuts to emissions.

Australia has already warmed by around 1.4°C and is suffering significant losses from accelerating climate change. Worse is on the way as extreme weather events – such as bushfires, floods, heatwaves and droughts – occur more often, and become more severe. Our community expects and deserves action from big multinational businesses like yours to address this climate crisis.

Your company has an opportunity to lead in driving the once-in-a-century transformation of our economy. Take the first step by making a strong and public commitment to genuinely cut your emissions each year to 2030, so that Australia can meet and beat our national emissions reduction target. The Australian community is watching.

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