Australia 'behind Mexico, Argentina' on emissions reductions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: ABC News

Australia 'behind Mexico, Argentina' on emissions reductions
Posted 52 minutes ago
Updated 29 minutes ago

Australia is behind Mexico and Argentina in terms of its ability to meet greenhouse gas emissions targets, a report says.

The Climate Institute and European think-tank E3G released the report in the lead-up to next week's G20 meeting in the US.

Australia ranked 15th in an analysis of its capacity to generate business in a low-carbon economy, the lowest position of any industrialised country.

The report also found Australia was in the bottom of the pack when it came to its share of meeting the global greenhouse gas target of 450 parts per million by 2020.

Australia came 16th, with only Turkey, Russia and Saudi Arabia requiring a bigger turnaround to get back on track.

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France, Japan, the United Kingdom, South Korea and Germany ranked the best for carbon competitiveness.



Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/14/2684578.htm

[AusDem]

1. sorry, we suck

having the problem of the so called leftist party veering further and further right

[Matilda]

2. It's pathetic.

Rudd has caved in to industry pressure, particularly coal and other mining industries, to produce the weakest
legislation imaginable. But even this sad excuse for emissions legislation is too much for the conservative
coalition, who have consistently voted it down.

Let's not even talk about Peter Garrett, Environment Minister and sell-out extraordinaire ....

[depakid]

3. "too much for the conservative coalition, who have consistently voted it down."

Ironically, it looks like health care rather than climate change may trigger an early election:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a1eXFxBP0Tko

With http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/08/2679625.htm">"fiskal" Fielding gone- and the coalition further weakened, Labor wouldn't have any more excuses to get responsible climate legislation through.