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"Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels. While this
coal and gas is burned beyond our borders, the climate-warming carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions affect us all.
My colleagues and I at global research and policy institute Climate Analytics
were commissioned to find out just how big Australia’s carbon footprint really
is. Our detailed analysis of the nation’s fossil fuel exports and associated
emissions is the most comprehensive to date. The report, released today,
clearly shows Australia plays a major role in climate change.
We found Australia is the world’s third-largest fossil fuel exporter, after
Russia and the United States. But it gets worse when the fuel is used.
Australia exports so much coal that our nation is the second-largest exporter
of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions.
Unfortunately, just when we need to be cutting emissions, Australia is doubling
down on fossil gas extraction mainly for LNG production and export. Federal
government policies enabling and/or promoting continued high fossil fuel
exports threaten to sabotage international efforts to limit global warming."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
