| Australia is expected to announce on Tuesday that it plans to cut carbon emissions by at least 26 percent of 2005 levels by 2030, a target that will leave the country trailing most other advanced economies.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's cabinet agreed on a target of 26 to 28 percent in a meeting overnight, The Australian newspaper reported citing unnamed sources. The level is far below recommendations by its own Climate Change Authority. The cabinet room decision will be put to the wider party room of the ruling conservative Liberal and National Party coalition on Tuesday...............................................Full Article: Source
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