Analysis indicates Australia’s ability to show it has met the requirements for its 2020 emissions target will make the challenges more difficult in the years aheadAustralia will utilize “accounting rules” to show the Paris climate summit it has met its greenhouse gas reduction targets even though its carbon pollution is increasing,an analysis has confirmed.
The environment minister, Greg Hunt, and announced via the Australian newspaper last week that Australia would reveal at the UN assembly in Paris that it had already met its target to reduce emissions by 5% by 2020,compared with 2000 levels. Related: Malcolm Turnbull's Faustian pact on climate change is heartbreaking | Mark Butler Related: Turnbull government selling Australia short on climate change – Bill Shorten Related: Australia could meet tougher emissions target 'with no extra economic pain' Related: Coalition’s emissions modelling shows tiny disagreement in economic impact of large or small cuts Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com