Australia ranks poorly in Global Green Economy Index

US consultancy Dual Citizen has released The Global Green Economy Index (GGEI) - a measurement of the green economic performance of 60 countries. The report found that perceptions of Australia’s green economic performance dramatically exceed its actual performance.

Australia received a perception rank of 11 out of 60, with a score of 66.3 out of 100. Its performance rank, however, slipped down to 37, with a score of just 46.1. In comparison, performance leader Sweden received a score of 68.1.

Australian Greens Leader Senator Christine Milne said the fault lies with the Prime Minister, stating, “Tony Abbott has well and truly demolished Australia’s standing as a world leader in addressing global warming. We were the best and now we are the worst. It is a tragedy and must be reversed.”

According to the report, Australia measured particularly poorly in the ‘Leadership & Climate Change’ dimension, where our country ranked last in performance. The report stated that this result is “due to negative media coverage, unconstructive behaviour in international forums and poor climate change performance, despite its reduction in the carbon intensity of its economy over the last year”.

“Poor climate performance, unconstructive leadership and negative media coverage on the global stage just about sum up Tony Abbott, Australian Prime Minister, full stop,” Senator Milne said.

The report can be read here.