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"Opposition leader Peter Dutton on Tuesday reiterated the Coalition’s support
for the Paris climate agreement, following suggestions he might walk away from
the deal. But he fuelled speculation the Coalition plans to scrap Australia’s
current 2030 emissions target and confirmed he won’t announce the Coalition’s
proposed target before the election.
Dutton’s comments follow days of confusion about where the Coalition stands on
Australia’s emissions reduction goals. Nationals MPs Barnaby Joyce and Keith
Pitt reportedly want the Coalition to withdraw from the Paris climate
agreement. And over the weekend, Dutton said the Albanese government “just have
no hope of achieving the [2030] targets and there’s no sense signing up to
targets you don’t have any prospect of achieving”.
Speaking on Tuesday, Dutton said of the Coalition’s climate policy:
we’re not going to send the economy into freefall, and families bankrupt,
through an ideologically based approach, which is what Anthony Albanese is
doing at the moment.
So what would happen if a Dutton government weakened Australia’s 2030 targets –
a 43% cut on 2005 levels – or if the Coalition’s more conservative elements
succeeded and the Coalition abandoned Australia’s Paris commitment altogether?
At this stage, it’s virtually impossible to imagine Australia walking away from
the Paris deal. But even watering down our 2030 targets would have significant
diplomatic and economic repercussions. Either way, climate policy is looming as
a major issue heading into the next election."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
