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2013

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Reporting That Silly $4bn Climate Funding Gaffe, Marcus O'Donnell Jan 2013

Reporting That Silly $4bn Climate Funding Gaffe, Marcus O'Donnell

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

My colleague David Holmes pointed out that the reporting on climate issues has been scant during this election.

This could change after today’s release of a report from the Climate Institute, based on modelling from Sinclair Knight Merz/MMA and Monash University’s Centre of Policy Studies.

The report found that the coalition’s Direct Action Plan would not achieve its target of 5% reduction in emissions by 2020 unless they spent a further $4.07bn. Based on the coalition’s currently projected expenditure, the report estimated emissions would rise by 9%.