Labor leader Anthony Albanese will outline his party's much-anticipated climate policy in Melbourne today, which includes a goal of net zero emissions by 2050. auspol
Federal Labor has adopted a goal of net zero emissions by 2050 as party leader Anthony Albanese seeks to shift away from the climate wars.
The party's emissions reduction and renewable energy targets were given a whacking by Prime Minister Scott Morrison during last year's election campaign, and Labor's been quiet on it since."This should be as non-controversial in Australia as it is in most nations," he will say.
The Labor leader will also rule out out financial support for new coal-fired power stations and using so-called carryover credits from past emissions reduction targets towards current or future goals.The Morrison government is planning to use such credits from the Kyoto agreement towards the Paris target, of a 26 to 28 per cent reduction on 2005 emissions levels by 2030."A Labor government will never use Kyoto carryover credits.
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