Australia’s carbon emissions will drop by 5% last year

According to a report from EnergyWorld.

The country’s Ministry of Industry said in a quarterly update report that last year’s carbon dioxide equivalent emissions dropped by 26 million tons from the previous year to 499 million tons.

This makes the country’s emissions 20% lower than the 2005 level, and the Paris Agreement’s goal is to reduce emissions by 26%-28% by 2030 from 2005 levels to help curb global warming.

Australian Energy Minister Angus Taylor (Angus Taylor) said in a statement that we are on track to achieve and exceed the 2030 Paris target.

However, unlike countries such as the United States and Japan, Australia, as the country with the largest per capita emissions among the richest countries in the world, refuses to set more ambitious targets for 2030.

Climate Commission researcher Tim Baxter said that other countries are accelerating the pace, but we are nowhere to be found.

Coupled with future emissions, the conservative government this month provided 600 million Australian dollars for a new gas-fired power station, which critics have said was unnecessary.

The power industry is still Australia’s largest source of pollution, accounting for one-third of total emissions, although its emissions have fallen by 4.

　　Emissions from the transportation sector, the third largest source of pollution, fell by 12%.

　　The government said that in the past four years, with the launch of the new LNG plant, the emissions of the LNG plant have been increasing, but with the long-delayed launch of the carbon capture and storage project at the Gorgon LNG plant, the emissions Decline.

　　Hao Fen Translated from Energy World Network

　　The original text is as follows:

　　Australia's carbon emissions drop 5 per cent in 2020

　　Australia's carbon emissions fell by 5 per cent in 2020 with growth in wind and solar energy, a hit to transport from coronavirus lockdowns, and a rise in carbon capture at the huge Gorgon LNG project, the government said on Monday.

　　Emissions fell by 26 million tonnes to 499 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) in 2020 from the previous year, the Department of Industry said in a quarterly update.

　　That put the country's emissions at 20 per cent below 2005 levels, compared with its target under the Paris Agreement to cut emissions by 26 per cent to 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 to help curb global warming.

　　"We are on track to meet and beat our 2030 Paris target," Australian Energy Minister Angus Taylor said in a statement.

　　However Australia, the largest per-capita emitter among the world's richest nations, has refused to set a more ambitious target for 2030, unlike countries such as the United States and Japan.

　　"Other countries are stepping up, but we are nowhere to be seen," said Climate Council researcher Tim Baxter.

　　Adding to future emissions, the conservative government this month provided A$600 million for a new gas-fired power station, which critics have said would not be needed.

　　The power sector remained Australia's biggest polluter, accounting for one-third of emissions, even with a 4.
9 per cent drop in emissions due to a decline in coal-fired and gas-fired generation.

　　Emissions from the transport sector, the third-largest polluter, fell 12 per cent as COVID-19 lockdowns kept cars off the roads and planes on the ground.

　　Emissions from liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants, which had grown over the previous four years with the start-up of new LNG plants, fell as a long-delayed carbon capture and storage project at the Gorgon LNG plant cranked up, the government said .