5 percent

Five percent.

I don't need to say much beyond what I've already said. There is one thing worth noting, though, which I haven't seen mentioned yet. Traditionally when these figures are discussed one uses 1990 as a baseline, in accordance with the starting date of the Kyoto protocol. The five percent reduction, however, is based on Australia's emissions in 2000.

According to Wikipedia, "Analysis has projected Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions at 109% of the 1990 emissions level over the period 2008–12 ... This is slightly above its 108% Kyoto Protocol limitation."

posted by Nicholas @ 3:51 PM