Greens Criticise Labor’s Climate Targets for Being Inconsistent With Paris Agreement

Anthony Albanese has not outlined his government’s 2035 emissions target ahead of the election, saying he would do it ’sometime next year.’

Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine located in the Valley of the Kings in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. David Gray/Reuters

Greens criticised the Australian Labor government for its climate targets, which the group said are inconsistent with the Paris Agreement.

According to Climate Analytics, Australia is the world’s third-largest fossil fuel exporter, next to Russia and the United States, with the country as the second-largest exporter of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions.