Patrick Suckling, Australian Ambassador for the Environment, brought some good news to the meeting.
"While the Australian economy has experienced 27 years of economic growth, we have driven our emissions per unit of GDP to its lowest level in 29 years," Suckling said.
"Emissions in our electricity sector are falling, driven by uNPRecedented investment in renewable energy -- Australia has one of the highest rates of uptake of residential solar in the world," he said.
"In February, our government announced a 3.5 billion Australian dollars (2.48 billion U.S. dollars) Climate Solutions Package to tackle climate change in Australia and to build momentum toward achieving our target under the Paris Agreement," he added.
The objectives of the two-day high-level meeting, which kicked off Thursday at the UN headquarters in New York, include highlighting the interlinkage between climate and economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development for present and future generations.
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