Australia’s record on emissions and sustainability condemned by OECD review

Paris agreement target will not be met without changes to policy and threatened species at risk unless funding increased

Australia is not on track to meet its 2030 emissions targets under the Paris agreement and needs to bring its environment policies into line with the "scale of the challenge" the country is facing, one of the world's pre-eminent economic institutions says.

In a major report on Australia's environmental performance, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development also finds the status of Australia's biodiversity is "poor and worsening" and the government's national threatened species strategy will fail unless it is expanded and funding increased.