Australia has been talking up its climate credentials – but do the claims stack up? Adam Morton Environment editor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: AAP
As Australia came under international pressure to lift its climate commitments ahead of a virtual summit hosted by the US president the prime minister, Scott Morrison, and his emissions reduction minister, Angus Taylor, have made a series of claims to defend the government’s position.
Do they stack up?
Adam Morton looks at the evidence.
Morrison: “When you exclude exports, Australia has a reduction in our domestic emissions of some 36% [compared with 2005 levels].”
This is a new claim that raised the eyebrows of diplomats and analysts when Morrison first volunteered it at a business dinner on Monday. He repeated it to global leaders on Friday morning. No explanation has been offered as to why this is a valid way to count emissions cuts – it has no precedent in the global debate. In the word
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