The Greens have backed Labor's 43% target

  • Written by: Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania
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After a decade of climate policy failure, Wednesday brought good news and slightly less good news for Australian action on climate change.

The good news: the nation will soon have a substantive target for emissions reduction, after the Greens agreed to back the Labor government’s reduction of 43% by 2030.

The slightly less good...

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