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Labor condemns reports the Abbott Government has cut funding for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by 80 per cent. It’s bad enough that Tony Abbott is taking Australia backwards on climate change. But now he wants to stop developing nations from taking action on climate change – as they try to grow their economies and reduce poverty. It’s embarrassing Tony Abbott tried to keep climate change off the G20 agenda, but he failed. That’s because other world leaders know climate change is both an environmental and economic issue. The cuts revealed today just reinforce that when it comes to climate change Tony Abbott is out on his own. Full joint statement with Tanya Plibersek below: tinyurl/mc8zgqw
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:49:33 +0000

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