Australia facing questions at UN over post-2020 climate change stance

By Adam Morton
Updated October 14 2016 - 7:10pm, first published October 12 2016 - 11:59pm
Average global temperatures from 1880 to 2016 (covering January to June). Photo: NASA
Average global temperatures from 1880 to 2016 (covering January to June). Photo: NASA
Hazelwood brown coal power plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Hazelwood brown coal power plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. Photo: Arsineh Houspian

Australia is facing renewed international pressure to explain what it is doing to tackle climate change, with a United Nations review finding its emissions continue to soar and several countries calling for clarity about what it will do after 2020.

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