'Tony Abbott’s hubris is staggering': UK's climate adviser on emissions target

Lord Deben, head of the British government's climate change advisory body, says Australia's 2030 emissions reduction target puts it among the 'don't cares'

Australia's "pathetic" 2030 emissions reduction target shows the country has opted out of the global effort to limit warming, according to the head of the British government's climate change advisory body.

Lord Deben, previously a minister in the government of Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher, said Australia's 26% to 28% reduction in emissions by 2030, based on 2005 levels was "simply not enough".