Exclusive: Renewable energy and proper climate policy are key to dropping emissions, carbon consultancy chief saysAustralia’s emissions over the past year were the highest on record, when relatively unreliable emissions from land use are excluded, according to estimates by the carbon consultancy NDEVR Environmental. Greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise in recent quarters, with the most recent the second highest for any quarter since 2011, despite electricity emissions being driven down by wind generation. NDEVR found emissions in the most recent quarter soared to levels only seen once in the past six years. Matt Drum, founder of NDEVR, said their results show carbon emissions are not going to drop until proper climate policy is in place. “For several years, there’s been a consistent delay from the Department of the Environment and Energy’s national greenhouse gas inventory on releasing vital emissions data.

Source: The Guardian December 10, 2017 17:00 UTC