Australia's use of accounting loophole to meet Paris deal found to have no legal basis

Climate Analytics suggests Australia has reneged on a pledge to make deeper emissions cuts

Australia's plan to use an accounting loophole to meet its commitment under the Paris climate agreement has no legal basis and suggests it has reneged on a pledge to make deeper emissions cuts once a global deal was reached, a new report says.

An analysis by Climate Analytics, a Berlin-based science and policy institute, found there were no grounds for Australia to claim credit towards its Paris emissions target for having beaten targets under its predecessor, the Kyoto protocol.