SYDNEY: Australia’s main opposition said on Thursday it would drop the country’s commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 if it won power.
The center-right Liberal Party have agonized in recent weeks over whether to drop the climate pledge, introduced by the party’s former leader Scott Morrison when he was prime minister in 2021.
On Thursday current opposition leader Sussan Ley said her party remained committed to “responding to climate change in a way that is affordable, responsible and achievable.”
“We are not pursuing net zero, we are pursuing energy affordability and emissions reduction,” she said.
“Net zero would be welcome” but the target would be achieved without government intervention, Ley added.
