The International Energy Agency detected uncounted emissions from coal and gas fields equivalent to 6 per cent of the nations’ pollution.
  • Australia is underreporting its annual greenhouse gas pollution by failing to record over 80% of emissions that leak during coal and gas production.
  • This underreporting amounts to approximately 28 million tonnes of unaccounted-for greenhouse gases.
  • The government’s current figures are compiled with data provided by miners and gas producers, but this method is not capturing all emissions.
  • The inclusion of these uncounted emissions would make it even more challenging for Australia to achieve its climate targets.
  • Independent observations and improved methane emissions monitoring are recommended to address this issue.

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  • Treevan 🇦🇺OPMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    First article I’ve seen of this though I heard a radio interview this morning with more information.

    As it is, it’s not good news for carbon benchmarking. I’ll keep posting more as it gets reported.