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4 March 2019, Renew Economy, Scientists slap down Australia government over fake climate claims. Perhaps it was federal energy minister Angus Taylor repeatedly declaring on Sunday’s ABC Insiders program that national emissions were “coming down,” and that Australia would meet its Paris climate targets “in a canter.” Perhaps it was the looming federal election and a feeling that now, more than ever, our most senior politicians should be held to account for what they say about such globally significant issues as climate change. Perhaps it is because at the close of Australia’s hottest summer on record, Victoria is now burning through its hottest start to autumn in 30 years. Whatever the trigger, the nation’s leading climate and energy experts have had enough. A group of 28 climate scientists, academics and former heads of energy companies on Monday released a joint statement to correct the record, and remove any ambiguity on the subject: – Australia is NOT on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target; – Even if it was (it’s not), the target itself is woefully inadequate for what science says must be done to avert dangerous climate change. Read more here