Energy Minister AngusTaylorMP has lauded his government's emissions reduction strategy as one of the best in the world, claiming Australia's renewable energy investment is deploying wind and solar at 'ten times the global per capita average'.
|Energy Minister Angus Taylor has lauded his government's emissions reduction strategy as one of the best in the world, claiming Australia's renewable energy investment is deploying wind and solar at "ten times the global per capita average". "Pre-COVID, Australia's emissions were down 13 per cent on 2005 levels - the baseline year for the Paris Agreement dates," he said.
Mr Taylor said Canada's emissions had not decreased over the same period while New Zealand's only fell one per cent. "New Zealand's are projected to increase sharply in future years, on their own projections," he said. "We've also learnt from the last decade, particularly with respect to unintended consequences and the need to maintain balance in our energy system.
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