The Paris climate change agreement has been in the news again recently, due to a small rump of the federal Coalition railing against the national energy guarantee. With all the noise being made by a select – and uninformed – few, it has come time to debunk some of their tallest tales.
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| Former prime minister Tony Abbott at Parliament House in Canberra, 13 August 2018. |
Before we jump into fact checking, let’s remind ourselves just what the Paris agreement is. Signed in 2015, it is the first truly universal agreement among nations to tackle climate change. It’s not perfect, but the agreement has boosted the momentum to clean up economies around the world.
Read the opinion piece from The Guardian by Ewin Jackson - “Enough with the fairy tales about the Paris agreement. It's time for facts.”
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