Fact checking Angus Taylor: does Australia have a climate change record to be proud of?

Australians should be proud of the country’s achievements on climate change, energy minister Angus Taylor has argued in a newspaper column that claims “quiet Australians” don’t accept the “shrill cries” of the government’s climate critics.

Angus Taylor speaks at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid. The
 energy minister says Australia has an enviable record on climate
change – the Guardian fact checks his claims.

The column, published in The Australian, makes a series of claims about Australia’s emissions and how they compare to other countries, as well as highlighting exports such as LNG that are “dramatically reducing emissions” in other countries.

So is Australia really a paragon of climate virtue – cutting emissions at home while helping the world to cut emissions?

Read the story from The Guardian by Graham Readfearn - “Fact checking Angus Taylor: does Australia have a climate change record to be proud of?”