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631 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check16 May 2022AustraliaClimate and environment
Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer

“We have now reduced our emissions by 20 per cent. In comparison, Canada has seen emissions down by just 1 per cent, New Zealand by just 4 per cent, the OECD average just 7 per cent.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Frydenberg's claim is misleading. The first reason is that the figures the Treasurer has quoted are from different years. Australia is sourced to 2020, New Zealand and Canada to 2019 and the OECD to 2018. This incons…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check6 Apr 2022AustraliaClimate and environment
Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“Australia is reducing its emissions by around 20 per cent ... Australia has reduced its emissions by more than New Zealand, by more than Canada, by more than the United States, by more than Japan, by more than many countries in Europe.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim is misleading. Most problematic with Mr Morrison's claim is the use of a 2020 figure for Australia ("around 20 per cent"). Mr Morrison's figure accords with data found in Australia's National Greenho…

Checked by MediaWise18 Mar 2022United StatesClimate and environment
Social media posts

“The continued melting of ice caps due to human-caused climate change could release long-dormant bacteria and viruses able to infect their targets”

MediaWise rated this: Mostly Legit

MediaWise says: It’s true that scientists have found that within melting permafrost there are ancient viruses and bacteria, some previously unknown to science. However, most of these viruses can only infect amoebas. And while there mig…

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check8 Dec 2021AustraliaClimate and environment
Scott Morrison, Prime Minister

“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".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: 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 startin…