SYDNEY: Australia would welcome President-elect Joe Biden restoring the United States to the Paris climate accord, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday , speaking as he faced renewed pressure himself to boost efforts to cut Australia's carbon emissions.
"We would be welcoming the United States back into the Paris Agreement, somewhere we've always been," Morrison told reporters, saying a US return to other global organisations like the World Health Organization would also be welcome.The United States formally withdrew from the Paris climate agreement last week, but Biden has promised to rejoin the Paris pact, and also commit to net zero emissions by 2050.
Although Australia state and territory governments have adopted the same 2050 target for net zero emissions, Morrison's federal government has yet to do so. Australia is a major exporter of fossil fuels, particularly coal, and Morrison said many countries have made qualified climate commitments. On Monday independent lawmaker Zali Steggall introduced a climate Bill to federal parliament seeking a net zero target, saying Australia would be"the pariah of the international community" if it didn't strengthen its climate commitments.
On Sunday, Morrison said Australia would also welcome the US engaging with the World Trade Organization, because the way out of a global recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is"market-based trade, fair trade, under the proper rules through the World Trade Organization".
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