A personal view of Australian and International Politics : Is the Australian government really ‘meeting and beating’ its emissions reduction targets?

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Is the Australian government really ‘meeting and beating’ its emissions reduction targets?

Podcast from The Guardian

Scott Morrison regularly claims Australia is ‘meeting and beating’ its emissions reduction targets. But is that true? In this episode of Full Story, environment editor Adam Morton explains why we should focus less on targets and more on emissions.

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Reported by Adam Morton and presented by Laura Murphy-Oates. Produced by Ellen Leabeater and Joe Koning. Executive produced by Miles Martignoni and Gabrielle Jackson

You can read Adam Morton’s fact check on Scott Morrison’s emissions claims here, and his explainer on how adjustments to Australia’s soil carbon data is skewing the facts around emissions.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/feb/05/is-the-australian-government-really-meeting-and-beating-its-emissions-reduction-targets

Photos of Scott Morrison with a lump of coal parliament have become an enduring symbol internationally of Australia's lack of action on climate change, says Adam Morton in this episode of Full Story.

Photos of Scott Morrison with a lump of coal parliament have become an enduring symbol internationally of Australia's lack of action on climate change, says Adam Morton in this episode of Full Story.

Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

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