Australia has outsized responsibility for climate damage both domestically, and in supplying the cause of climate change. Each year, that’s nearly 150 MTCO2-e of additional domestic emissions, and a whopping 1,400 MTCO2-e from exported emissions (mostly from coal). Even if you only compare 1 year of new fossil projects to seven years of reductions, the reductions are overwhelmed. He also argues that if Australia reduced or ceased fossil fuel exports, that supply would simply be replaced by coal and gas from other countries. A neat example is Norway’s state-owned fossil fuel company Equinor, with a project in Canada:Also from Canada: gov approved a $12b offshore oil project.

Source: CBC News July 26, 2022 22:27 UTC