This week, Peter Dutton and the Coalition suggested that, if elected, they would scrap Labor’s legislated emissions reductions target of 43% of 2005 levels by 2030. This would essentially mean Australia would fail to meet its obligations under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
However, if you ask Dutton, he’ll say the Albanese government isn’t on track to meet its Paris obligations anyway, telling The Australian there is “no sense in signing up to targets you don’t have any prospect of achieving”.
There are several politically self-serving reasons for the Coalition — whose environmental record is also dire — to walk away from Labor’s 2030 target.
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