Abbott Government's emission target is 'pathetic' - Lord Deben

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Lord Deben - Australia's
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ustralia’s “pathetic” 2030 emissions reduction target shows the country has opted out of the global effort to limit warming, according to the head of the British government’s climate change advisory body.

Lord Deben, previously a minister in the government of Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, said Australia’s 26% to 28% reduction in emissions by 2030, based on 2005 levels was “simply not enough”.

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 “Australia is fundamentally out of step and this decision puts Australia among the ‘don’t cares’ of the international community,” said Deben, who is the chairman of the Committee on Climate Change.

“Global warming won’t wait for Mr Abbott and his government. Mr Abbott’s hubris is staggering.”

Read the Guardian story - “'Tony Abbott’s hubris is staggering': UK's climate adviser one missions target”.