Analysis shows Australia's greenhouse gases will continue to rise beyond 2020

Australia's national greenhouse gas emissions are set to keep rising well beyond 2020 on current trends, with the projected growth rate one of the worst in the developed world, a new analysis has found.

An assessment of recent government emissions data, carried out by the carbon consultancy firm RepuTex, says that in the 2014-15 financial year Australia's carbon pollution rose for the first time in almost a decade when compared to the previous year.

From there they say separate government forecasts, also released late last year, show Australia's emissions are on track for a further 6 per cent increase to 2020.

Read Tom Arup’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Australian emissions rising towards historical highs and will not peak before 2030, analysis finds.”