Opposition leader Peter Dutton said he would not pursue the government's climate target, risking Australia's membership in the Paris Agreement.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says a Coalition government will dump Australia's legally binding climate target to cut emissions by 43 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030. The move would risk Australia's membership of the Paris Agreement on climate change and follows his vow to deploy nuclear energy to reach net zero by 2050. Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the Paris Agreement was very clear that countries cannot backslide on their emissions commitments.
"I mean, the only way now Labor can achieve its 2030 target is to collapse industry. We will not have a bar of it from the Coalition." Dutton's comments attracted the ire of environmental groups, who called his climate plans "wildly inappropriate". "Mr Dutton's plans would be an international disgrace and it would trash our relationships with key allies who are depending on Australia to adhere to keeping 1.
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