Paris climate commitments removed from FTA due to Australian pressure: email
John Sauven, the Executive Director of Greenpeace in the UK, told the ABC he had seen the email and said it shows Australia was pushing to remove references to Paris temperature commitments from the free trade agreement.
"This government is pursuing trade deals at the expense of our farmers and now our climate targets," he said in a statement.The Greens said it showed a willingness to compromise on the existential challenge of our time. "If we're not prepared to hang our hat on the Paris Agreement to which we have put our solemn promise and which we have put by law into action in this country… when we are dealing with Australia – which is one of the recalcitrant nations – one of the countries that is not doing what it ought to do – then really we are not taking the lead at all and to do this at a time before COP26 is very serious," he told Sky News UK.
UK Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan met in London to negotiate the FTA.
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