The Sustainable Development Report 2021, first reported by Renew Economy, scored Australia last out of 193 United Nations member countries for action taken to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Australia received a score of just 10 out of 100 in an assessment of fossil fuel emissions, emissions associated with imports and exports, and policies for pricing carbon.
Richie Merzian, a climate expert at the Australia Institute, said the result was unsurprising.
“Australia has received similar rankings from other comparable studies, including the Climate Change Performance Index, which last year ranked Australia second last behind only Trump’s America,” he said. “The federal government has no climate and energy policy and instead has cherry-picked technologies, many of which support the fossil fuel industry.”
Australia had not committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Australia ranks last for climate action among UN member countries | Climate change | The Guardian
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