Australia's climate change commitments include: The Paris Agreement. Australia submitted its revised National Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UNFCCC in June 2022. This included: • Reaffirming a target of net zero emissions by 2050. Committing to reduce Greenhouse gas emissions by 43% from 2005 levels.
We have a defence and security alliance with the Unites States, long term links with New Zealand and robust defence and security ties with India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Australia has agreements with 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, ...
Australia is a party to 7 main human rights treaties: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD); Convention on the Elimination of ...
Australia has agreed to be bound by the ICCPR and the ICESCR as well as other major human rights instruments, including: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Convention on the Political Rights of Women. International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination.