Oz GHG Output Projected At 27% Above 2005 Levels By 2030, Far Beyond Abbott "Goal"

[hatrack]

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Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are likely to rise in the next 15 years, missing by a wide margin a target proposed for United Nations talks on global warming, a team of researchers said. Without further policies to stem pollution from fossil fuels, emissions will be 27 percent above 2005 levels by 2030, the researchers at Climate Action Tracker said in a report Friday. The findings cast doubt on a pledge by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to lower emissions by at least 26 percent over the same time period.

Abbott’s government has been criticized by environmental groups and opposition lawmakers over its climate policies, including promoting coal and ending a program that put a price on carbon emissions.

“Australia stands out as having the most work to do of any industrialized country to achieve its already inadequate climate target,” said Niklas Hoehne, energy and climate policy director at the New Climate Institute in Cologne, Germany, one of four research groups that contribute to the tracker.

Melanie Brown, a spokeswoman in the office of Environment Minister Greg Hunt, didn’t immediately reply to e-mail and voice mail requests for comment left outside normal office hours.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-27/australia-s-pollution-level-seen-rising-beyond-abbott-s-target

[packman]

1. They depend on coal , don't they?

With all that sun and sea around them, seems like they should be in the forefront of energy development. Always admired Oz'ers as being innovative and forward thinking . This comes as a bit of a disappointment.