Prioritising global overheating over AUKUS: a kumbaya opportunity for hawks and doves
August 27, 2024
Australia punches well above its weight when it comes to global fossil carbon emissions. With less than one-third of one percent of the world’s population, we are responsible for about 4.5 percent of fossil carbon emissions globally, and around 80 percent of this comes from our fossil fuel exports. Our nation is thus responsible for around 14 times more emissions than our population size would predict. And even if we only consider our per-capita domestic GHG footprint, we rank among the globe’s highest emitters. Australia’s exports of fossil fuels are nearly three times those of the UAE.
