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Australia is blowing its carbon budget, projections reveal

Australia is blowing its carbon budget, projections reveal

by The Daily Eye Team December 6 2016, 4:31 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 25 secs

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising despite global reduction efforts, according to detailed projections made by the consultants NDEVR Environmental.
Australia’s emissions jumped by 2.56m tonnes in the three months to September, putting them 1.55m tonnes off-track compared with commitments made in Paris, and 4.06m tonnes over levels demanded by scientifically based targets set by the government’s Climate Change Authority. Emissions for the year to September are above those for the year to September 2015.

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