Canberra: The target of zero zero carbon emissions in 2050 will be “positive positive” for Australia if it can be achieved through technology and not carbon prices, said Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday because he suppressed government colleagues to commit to more ambitious actions .
in front of the climate summit.
Morrison last week agreed to attend the climate conference next month at Glasgow, Scotland, but his colleagues had not agreed to the commitment he wanted to zero.
“If you have a credible plan with the right transparency, Australia is famous, it can be positive for Australia,” Morrison told Parliament, referring to the null target.
“If you have the right plan, if you have technology, not tax,” Morrison added.
Morrison was a minister in the Conservative Coalition Government who in 2014 revoked carbon taxes introduced by the government of the Labilitary Labor Party.
The coalition continues to oppose every step that will punish polluters through carbon or tax prices.
Junior coalition partners based in rural, national party, are the main obstacles for Australia who adopt nall nall.
Parliamentarians of citizens have debated the design of the cabinet for the last three days but still divided bitterly on Tuesday.
They are shown by government modeling on Tuesday that estimates the economic impact of a more ambitious climate target.
Senator Nationals Matt Canavan is among parliamentarians who do not believe the model.
“The party room here is being lied and it was rather ironic considering it was brushed by people who wanted to end the use of fossil fuels,” said Canavan.
The government rejects opposition calls to make public modeling.
Morrison said the world’s response would have “a significant impact on Australian rural and regional, but they also present significant opportunities.” “The plan considered the government will ensure that we can handle the costs and benefits, because we understand there is an impact, that this is not a way that is only, where you will find opportunities,” Morrison said.
Morrison said he would make his government plan in public before the next election, which was due in May.
Australia did not flutter from the promise of 2015 at the Paris climate conference to reduce emissions by 26% to 28% below the 2005 level in 2030, although many countries adopted a target that was far more ambitious.
Morrison could not persuade his colleagues to approve a new target of 2030 before he went to Glasgow.
Reducing emissions is a problem full of politics in Australia, which is one of the largest coal exporters in the world and disbursed natural gas.
The nation is also one of the worst greenhouse gas emitors in the world per capita because of its severe dependence on the strength of coal.
The lack of conservative government ambitions about climate change is considered a reason behind the government’s surprise election in 2019 and strong voter support in the coal-rich Queensland state.
Morrison argues that the promise of workers’ opposition to reduce Australian greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and reach zero emissions in 2050 will destroy the economy.