Australia Cost and Benefit in Achieving Climate Commitment 2015-2019

Abstract

Australia has been one of the majority countries in the world which has committed to the Paris Agreement and has implemented it to cut their emission. Climate change is a tremendous challenge for human being for the past 20 years, since the development of technology and the growing needs of human has driven us to find more source to fulfil our needs. Australia has agreed to cut their emission for 26-28% that is envisioned to be realized in 2030. However, the Australia’s commitment becomes questionable since the massive approval of Liquified Natural Gas in 2016. Experts claim the approval of Liquified Natural Gas will disturb the steady graph emission of Australia. This study aims to find out and analyze the reason behind Australia massive approval to Liquified Natural Gas Project. This study is qualitative research using descriptive analysis method with secondary data types. The result of study shows that, the reason behind the massive approval of Liquified Natural Gas in Australia are to increase and boost up the economy for Australia while at same time open a wider job opportunities for its people.