Energy Minister Angus Taylor has declared Australia remains committed to the Paris Agreement.
During his speech at the UN Climate Change conference in Madrid, Mr Taylor announced Australia was backing an "unprecedented wave of clean energy investment".
The energy minister also called on other countries to take action in reducing their emissions, and said Australia's long-term strategy was to deploy cost-effective technologies. Image: News Corp Australia
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