Australia rejects climate targets despite damning UN report

Posted 2021-08-10, The Times of India Headlines

Photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth

SYDNEY: Australia's conservative prime minister rejected growing calls Tuesday to adopt more ambitious emissions targets, insisting the country was doing enough to tackle climate change. Hours after a landmark UN climate report warned catastrophic global warming is occurring far more quickly than previously forecast, Prime... read full story

Photo: Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives for the G7 meeting at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, Saturday, June 12, 2021. Leaders of the G7 gather for a second day of meetings on Saturday, in which they will discuss COVID-19, climate, foreign policy and the economy.