Moderate Libs call for higher emissions reduction target
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
In today’s news, US President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry has said the US is ready to “play its part” in a US$100 billion fund to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
Moderate Liberals are urging the federal government to set more ambitious climate targets for 2030 than the one Tony Abbott committed to, and to pledge to hit net zero emissions by 2050 at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow this November.
And the Reserve Bank has warned that coal and LNG exports to key Asian markets are likely to plunge as nations such as China and South Korea reduced their carbon emissions.
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