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Net zero by 2030
Net zero by 2030
If you start planting trees now to cover your carbon emissions, by 2030 you will be net zero.
If you start planting trees now to cover your carbon emissions, by 2030 you will be net zero.
Everyone, every country and economy needs to be net zero by 2030 to cap global heating at 1.5 °C. Its an aspiration of the 2015 Paris agreement. An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2018 showed that going beyond 1.5 °C , even by half a degree, would mean significant increases of drought, floods, species extinction, extreme heat, poverty and starvation. If you need more encouragement than that, look at the recent fires in Australia and the disastrous effect an unstable climate is having on you and all life.
Everyone, every country and economy needs to be net zero by 2030 to cap global heating at 1.5 °C. Its an aspiration of the 2015 Paris agreement. An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2018 showed that going beyond 1.5 °C , even by half a degree, would mean significant increases of drought, floods, species extinction, extreme heat, poverty and starvation. If you need more encouragement than that, look at the recent fires in Australia and the disastrous effect an unstable climate is having on you and all life.
By planting trees now, not in the future, we have a chance.
By planting trees now, not in the future, we have a chance.
There are dedicated people willing to plant your trees.
There are dedicated people willing to plant your trees.
5% of all sponsor funds will be donated to groups that are working toward a net zero economy.
5% of all sponsor funds will be donated to groups that are working toward a net zero economy.
Loss of habitat
Loss of habitat
The latest bushfires have reaped a grim toll on already threatened species. The environment department indicated that habitats of 272 plant, 16 mammal, 14 frog, 9 Bird, 7 reptile, 4 insect, 4 fish, and one spider species were in the path of the fire, and total of 114 species have lost half or more of their habitat to fire in the last 6 months alone.
The latest bushfires have reaped a grim toll on already threatened species. The environment department indicated that habitats of 272 plant, 16 mammal, 14 frog, 9 Bird, 7 reptile, 4 insect, 4 fish, and one spider species were in the path of the fire, and total of 114 species have lost half or more of their habitat to fire in the last 6 months alone.
Land clearing
Land clearing
Land clearing and logging are continuing at an ever increasing rate across Australia. The loss of landscapes, habitat and carbon sinks is alarming.
Land clearing and logging are continuing at an ever increasing rate across Australia. The loss of landscapes, habitat and carbon sinks is alarming.
We need to restore landscapes, not destroy them.
We need to restore landscapes, not destroy them.
Australia is among the worst 11 countries for deforestation, and is clearing land faster than Brazil.
Australia is among the worst 11 countries for deforestation, and is clearing land faster than Brazil.
In Queensland alone it's estimated 45 million animals were killed in 2015-16 because of bulldozing for mining, livestock grazing and human expansion.
In Queensland alone it's estimated 45 million animals were killed in 2015-16 because of bulldozing for mining, livestock grazing and human expansion.
When animals lose their habitat they die, they don't just run away and live happily ever after somewhere else.
When animals lose their habitat they die, they don't just run away and live happily ever after somewhere else.
Government.
Government.
The governments 20 million tree program is failing as its primarily focus is on carbon capture, ignoring landscapes and habitat.
The governments 20 million tree program is failing as its primarily focus is on carbon capture, ignoring landscapes and habitat.
Its also failing because government funding limited and short term. At a cost of $50 million, the 20 million tree program has been more about announcements than achievements, or long term solutions. Politicians have simply used it as a hollow buzz word, not backing it to the required degree or following eco-friendly principles. We, as citizens can do a better job.
The benefits of the 20 Million Trees Program have been more than neutralised by a single year of land clearing in Queensland. In the six years to 2016, the annual rate of land clearing in Queensland alone increased by 330 per cent.
It is estimated that bout 400 million trees are cleared every year in Queensland. Compare this with the governments program to plant 30 million trees.
Net zero planter principles:
Net zero planter principles:
- Tree planting and care is a powerful tool for carbon drawdown and habitat creation.
- Conservation of existing ecosystems is a necessity.
- Planting should be ecologically responsible and a diversity of native species are best.
- Cutting fossil fuel emissions is a priority.
The Netzero Initiative will follow these principles.
We will work on a local sustainable scale, we will adhere to our principles and concentrate on restoring landscapes, creating habitat and expand on existing forests.
The government's empty rhetoric and lack of funding, on top of allowing more and more land clearing and destruction of ecosystems needs to be counter balanced by people like you.
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