期刊名称：IAEE Energy Forum (formerly: IAEE Newsletter)
印刷版ISSN：1093-4243
电子版ISSN：1944-3188
出版年度：2002
卷号：4
出版社：International Association for Energy Economics
摘要：Australia is the industrialised world’s largest per capita
emitter of greenhouse gases, with emissions amounting to
27.9 tonnes of CO2-e (carbon dioxide equivalent) in 1999 (the
latest year for which comprehensive Annex B country data
are available). This dubious distinction, combined with a
refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, has given Australia
pariah status in the international environmental debate.
Although outcast amongst most Annex B countries, it has,
however, got one powerful ally (the USA) in its trenchant
stance. And it can always rejoice in the fact that at least it
signed the Protocol in 1997, which is more than all but one
of the OPEC states could manage!
