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Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 19 percent says Australia's Climate Change Authority

Submitted by takver on Sun, 02/03/2014 - 1:17am

The Australian Climate change Authority has released its final assessment on what Australia's climate emissions reduction target should be. They say that the global conditions have clearly been met for Australia increasing emissions reduction from 5 per cent on 2000 levels to 19 per cent on 2000 levels by 2020.

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Australia earns first rebuke by civil society at UN climate change talks

Submitted by takver on Tue, 12/11/2013 - 7:29pm

Australia had the dubious priveledge of earning the first Fossil of the Day award at the United Nations climate talks in Warsaw, Poland. Civil society organisations confer the awards each day of the climate talks, and have been doing so since 1999.

Related: The Verb - Australia won't be missed | Australia the empty chair at the climate talks in Warsaw | Greenpeace protests at coal power stations as Warsaw Climate talks start | Dismay At The Coal Powered Negotiations of COP19 | Read more reports from COP19 Warsaw at Climate IMC

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