How does Australia’s response to the climate crisis compare with the rest of the world?
They say this is a much better performance than other countries – Canada and New Zealand, for example.
It’s a line used in response to regular criticisms that Australia is a laggard in dealing with global heating, sitting alongside countries such as Saudi Arabia and Russia.
The scientific evidence, backed by many national leaders, says the world needs to make a collective cut in emissions roughly in half by 2030.