*Emissions from coal mined in Australia but exported and burnt overseas were almost double the nation’s domestic greenhouse gas footprint in 2020.*

When coal is mined in country A and burnt in country B, which one is responsible for those emissions? Both share the responsibility, since both work together to arrange to burn that coal.

If we had sufficient pressure to stop burning coal, country B would stop buying it and stop burning it. Country A would not be able to prevent that.

But the world does not put enough pressure on country B to bring the practice to an end; thus, pressure to stop mining the coal is needed too.