Australia’s major parties’ climate policies side-by-side

The majority of Australians see climate change as the number one threat to national interests. However in 2018 Australia was ranked 55th out of 60 countries in a Climate Change Performance Index.

If climate action from every country was as inadequate as
Australia’s, the world would be on track for 4°C warming. 

Research from the University of Melbourne found if all countries’ climate action was as inadequate as Australia’s, the world would be on track for 4°C warming.

With an election on Saturday, lets dig into the major parties’ climate policies, and see how they track against Australia’s Paris commitments.

Read the story from The Conversation by a Research fellow from Climate and Energy College at the University of Melbourne, Kate Dooley - “Australia’s major parties’ climate policies side-by-side.”