Scott Morrison says the government is acting on emissions. Is it true?

The prime minister says the Coalition is acting on emissions, meeting its targets and doing more than Labor did when in power. What’s the reality?

PM Scott Morrison.

Scott Morrison says Australia’s emissions are coming down. Are they?

No.

National emissions peaked in 2007, the last year of the Howard government, came down each year under the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments, and have flatlined since the Coalition was elected in 2013.

This graph by Nick Evershed, Guardian Australia’s data and interactive editor, sets it out clearly.

Read the story from The Guardian by Adam Morton - “Scott Morrison says the government is acting on emissions. Is it true?”