There is no way we will meet our Paris targets, and the Coalition couldn’t care less | Greg Jericho

Releasing emission figures on the day students were protesting climate change showed that this government really has no clue

On Friday the government released the latest quarterly greenhouse gas emissions figures. For once the government did not try to bury the news, but they certainly were not eager to highlight the figures which show that our emissions continue to rise and that we are nowhere near a path towards reaching our Paris commitment to reduce emissions by 26% from 2005 level by 2030.

The way the government releases greenhouse gas emissions data gives a pretty good insight into the low regard they have for the issue of climate change.

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