Australia rejects US call to increase greenhouse gas emissions target at Climate Summit

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison disagreed with US president Joe Biden’s calls for increasing greenhouse gas emissions targets at a UN Climate Summit this morning. 

Australia will continue to aim for a reduction of between 26-28% on 2005 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, almost half of the US’ proposed revised target of 50-52%.

Morrison reiterated Australia would take a “technology, not taxes” approach to climate change.