Ex-UN Chief Slams Australia Over ‘Insufficient’ Emissions Efforts

Ex-UN Chief Slams Australia Over ‘Insufficient’ Emissions Efforts
Former UN head Ban Ki-moon speaks at the launch of a report on climate adaptation, by the Global Commission on Adaptation, in Beijing, China on Sep. 10, 2019. Photo credit should read Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Daniel Khmelev
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Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has put Australia on notice over what he claims is an inexcusable inaction towards setting strict climate change commitments.

Ban, a strong advocate for climate change efforts and who previously championed the globally-binding Paris Agreement, said he believed the lack of a net-zero target was at odds with an international emissions reduction movement.

Daniel Khmelev
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Daniel Khmelev is an Australian reporter based in Perth covering energy, tech, and politics.
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