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Coalition 'must treble minimum emissions target to stay credible'
2014-02-27 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Abbott government must treble Australias minimum 2020 target for greenhouse gas emissions from 5% below 2000 levels to 15% to have a credible role in international efforts to slow global warming, according to the independent Climate Change Authority the government is seeking to abolish. The authority says the costs of such an increase would be manageable, involving a reduction of only 0.02% in annual average income growth per person compared with meeting the 5% target, under effective...
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