Australia's climate change record again questioned

Tom Arup.

Australia's record on climate change has again been brought into question with a new report card ranking the country third last among major emitters ahead of only oil-rich Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia.

Released at the Paris climate summit, the rankings by European environment groups look at 58 countries responsible for 90 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Australia fared badly – the report argues that a transition to a lower emissions economy will require significant policy changes from the current regime.

Read Tom Arup’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Paris UN climate conference 2015: Australia ranked third to last for emissions.”