China Emits More Carbon in 2 Weeks Than Australia Does in One Year

China emits more carbon dioxide in 16 days than Australia does in one year, according to new research published by a free-market think tank.

Australia's net-zero emissions target would therefore be cancelled out by China in just two weeks, the Institute of Public Affairs said in a press release on Wednesday.

The report also added that while Australia's carbon emissions per capita have declined by 15.4 percent since 2004, China's emissions per capita over the same period have increased by 83.5 percent.

Globally, the report identified that Australia's share of global carbon emissions declined from 1.3 percent in 2009 to 1.1 percent in 2019.

"Despite Australia's negligible share of global emissions, under the Paris Agreement, Australians are subject to the deepest per capita emissions cuts in the developed world," the report added.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is pursuing "Low emissions technologies" instead of committing Australia to net-zero emissions, with New South Wales and Western Australia referring to net-zero it as an "Aspirational" target, reported Herald Sun.

Cian Hussey, Research Fellow at the IPA, said calls for Australia to adopt a net-zero emissions target would "Ignore the significant economic, social, and humanitarian costs which would inevitably be the result of such a target."

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