' He emphasised that reducing carbon emissions required a "balanced" and global response because even if Australia shut down all its power-generation assets, the equivalent amount of emissions would be produced by China in just nine days."
' The latest emissions projections from the Department of Environment and Energy show Australia has exceeded its emissions reduction task by about 43 million tonnes a year leading into the 2020 target – a figure the government is hoping will be replicated in the next decade.'
