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Australia is not on track to reach 2030 Paris target (but the potential is there)

  • Written by Anna Skarbek, CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
Australia is not on track to reach 2030 Paris target (but the potential is there)Australia's energy emissions fell slightly due to renewable energy, but it's not enough.Jonathan Potts/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

While Australia is coming to terms with yet another new prime minister, one thing that hasn’t changed is the emissions data: Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are not projected to fall any further without new...