Showing posts with label 55th out of 60 countries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 55th out of 60 countries. Show all posts

13 May, 2019

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.”