Australia sought to weaken UN climate report on need to close coal-fired power stations, leak suggests

Emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor says commenting on draft IPCC report doesn't equate to running interference, as Greenpeace claims

Australia pushed back against a finding in a major climate report that fossil fuel power stations be urgently phased out, and requested the country be removed from a list of the world's leading producers and consumers of coal, Greenpeace has said citing leaked documents.

Australia was among a handful of major fossil fuel exporting nations that sought to weaken the conclusions of the report, Greenpeace's investigative arm, Unearthed, said on Thursday.

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