Canberra: Australia will set a more ambitious target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by the end of the decade if the government changes hands in elections early next year, the opposition leader said on Friday.
left center labour party leader anthony Albanese Set climate policy as the battle line in the elections to be held between March and May.
Prime minister Scott Morrison At the United Nations climate summit in Scotland last month, his Conservative government’s goal of reducing Australia’s emissions by just 26% to 28% from 2005 levels by 2030 was widely criticized.
It was the same target Australia adopted at the 2015 Paris summit, while other wealthy countries have pledged far more cuts in an effort to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Albanese said a change of government would mean Australia would be able to participate in the next international environment and “won’t be in the naughty corner.”
Australia’s economy was similar to that of Canada and Labor’s target was similar to the Canadian target of reducing emissions by 40% to 45% by the end of the decade.
Albanese said, “We think we’ve completely achieved that balance because one of the things I wanted to make sure of is that we have a policy that doesn’t leave people behind, who are in the industry. supports, which supports jobs.”
But Morrison said Labor’s target would raise electricity prices and cost jobs.
“We are moving from zero to zero by 2050,” Morrison said. “We are not on our way to fire people from their jobs and raise the price of their electricity.”
Morrison’s coalition was re-elected in 2019 when Labor pledged to cut emissions by 45% by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.
The government has also recently adopted net zero target,
Morrison was cabinet Minister in 2014 when a newly elected government repealed Australia’s 2-year carbon tax. Since then the government’s climate policies have rejected any measure that would pay polluters for their emissions.
left center labour party leader anthony Albanese Set climate policy as the battle line in the elections to be held between March and May.
Prime minister Scott Morrison At the United Nations climate summit in Scotland last month, his Conservative government’s goal of reducing Australia’s emissions by just 26% to 28% from 2005 levels by 2030 was widely criticized.
It was the same target Australia adopted at the 2015 Paris summit, while other wealthy countries have pledged far more cuts in an effort to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Albanese said a change of government would mean Australia would be able to participate in the next international environment and “won’t be in the naughty corner.”
Australia’s economy was similar to that of Canada and Labor’s target was similar to the Canadian target of reducing emissions by 40% to 45% by the end of the decade.
Albanese said, “We think we’ve completely achieved that balance because one of the things I wanted to make sure of is that we have a policy that doesn’t leave people behind, who are in the industry. supports, which supports jobs.”
But Morrison said Labor’s target would raise electricity prices and cost jobs.
“We are moving from zero to zero by 2050,” Morrison said. “We are not on our way to fire people from their jobs and raise the price of their electricity.”
Morrison’s coalition was re-elected in 2019 when Labor pledged to cut emissions by 45% by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.
The government has also recently adopted net zero target,
Morrison was cabinet Minister in 2014 when a newly elected government repealed Australia’s 2-year carbon tax. Since then the government’s climate policies have rejected any measure that would pay polluters for their emissions.
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