Climate crunch: Australia to fail on Paris commitments without massive renewable switch

By Mark Kenny National Affairs Editor
Updated September 25 2017 - 8:15am, first published September 24 2017 - 10:35pm

Australia will fall short of its Paris carbon reduction targets signed under Tony Abbott unless it lifts its renewable energy production to levels higher even than Labor's plan for 50 per cent green energy reliance by 2030.

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