Australia rejects Pacific criticism of emissions targets, carryover credit

The Australian government has flatly rejected calls from Pacific countries to stop using carryover credits to meet emissions reductions targets.

Minister for International Development and the Pacific,
Alex Hawke, said Australia will continue using carbon credits.

More than half a dozen Pacific leaders are seeking an end to the policy that sees Australia count emissions reductions from the past towards future targets. 

But the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Alex Hawke, has dismissed the call, which was a central part of the Nadi Bay Declaration signed by Pacific leaders in Fiji earlier this week.

Read the ABC News story by Melissa Clark  - “Australia rejects Pacific criticism of emissions targets, carryover credits.”