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he Climate Change
Authority says Australia needs to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2025 and sign
up to further cuts of 40-60% by 2030 to catch up to other countries in the international
effort to mitigate the risks of global warming.
The authority’s call for Australia to show increased ambition and global leadership comes ahead of the Abbott government announcing its final decision on the post-2020 targets Australia will take to United Nations climate talks in Paris later this year.
“The authority believes its recommendations constitute a
credible package for the Australian government to take to the Paris
conference,” the Climate Change Authority (CCA) said in its final report on
emissions reduction targets, released on Thursday.
“It is credible in
terms of what the science requires – and what many comparable countries are
doing – to move the world back towards a global emissions reduction path
consistent with a reasonable chance of limiting the increase in global warming
to 2C.
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