Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions have declined only marginally according to the official data used to track progress towards the Paris Agreement target.
Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions have declined only marginally according to the official data used to track progress towards the Paris Agreement target. Official figures revealed a decline of just 532.5 million tons to 530.8 million tons in the year to September 2019.
The decrease equating to a fall of just 0.3 per cent with national emission levels for the September quarter left relatively unchanged to the previous quarter. Australia has agreed to reduce emissions by five per cent below 2000 levels by this year under the Kyoto Protocol, and by 26-28 per cent of 2005 levels by the year 2030 under the Paris Agreement.
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