When Coalition MPs say that Australia’s emissions don’t matter because they’re only 1% of global emissions, what they rarely say is what that means for international climate agreements that Australia has signed up to.
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Under the Paris climate agreement, countries must come up with their own pledges – known as a National Determined Contribution – that collectively meet a global goal of keeping global heating “well below 2C” and aim for 1.5C.s
If you create a group with Australia at the top and include every country with emissions lower than ours, then all those countries contribute 28.4% of global emissions, very close to China’s emissions of 29.2%.
Stephen Byrne spoke with Guardian Australia’s environment and climate correspondent Graham Readfearn.
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