“Australia has "reduced our emissions by more than 20 per cent. There are only four countries in the G20 that have actually done better than Australia on that front".”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Morrison's claim is misleading. Data from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change shows four G20 countries in front of Australia for emissions reductions on 2005 levels (Mr Morrison's chosen starting point) to 2019, including the land use, land-use change and forestry sector. These parameters are the most advantageous to Australia when making international comparisons; excluding LULUCF or changing the starting year to 1990, when the data begins, puts Australia further beh...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Scott Morrison (Prime Minister) made this claim around 11 November 2021. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 8 December 2021, 27 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Scott Morrison has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.