The Federal Department of Environment and Energy has published data revealing Queensland is producing more of Australia’s carbon emissions than it was in 2015.
According to the State and Territory Greenhouse Inventories report, Queensland’s contribution to the nation’s greenhouse-equivalent gasses increased from 28.3% in 2015 to 30.3% in 2017.
Queensland’s energy and transport sector, including cars, trucks, buses and aircraft are the largest contributors to carbon emissions in Australia.
QCC director Louise Matthiesson said the increase in carbon emissions was "embarrassing for Queensland" because of the international interest in future of the Great Barrier Reef.
"We suffer from cyclones and increasing bushfires. The impacts of climate change are hitting Queensland very hard, yet we have so far failed to show any significant drop in emissions,” Ms Matthiesson said.