Australia: How fossil fuel exports drive • Table.Briefings

Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party promises a better future for Australia – but fossil fuels are also likely to play a major role.

Due to the export of fossil fuels, Australia ranks among the countries with particularly high emissions. A new report suggests this is unlikely to change much by 2035.

Australia generates significantly more emissions than other countries with a comparable population size. In 2022, the country was responsible for 4.5 percent of global CO2 emissions. However, 80 percent of these emissions were due to fossil fuel exports. This is the finding of a report by the NGO Climate Analytics, released on Sunday.

Australia: How fossil fuel exports drive emissions

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