The Australian government has defied a recent climate change warning issued by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which urged nations to abandon coal by 2050.
McCormack added: “The fact is, coal mining… and coal-fired power plants do play an important part of our energy mix in Australia and will do so going forward.”
Prime minister Scott Morrison said that Australia would not be “held” to the IPCC report, yet would continue its commitment to the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions by 26% from 2005 levels.
Source : www.worldcoal.com
