FILE PHOTO: Scott Morrison, Australia's prime minister, removes his protective face mask after arriving for a signing ceremony with his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Japan Nov 17, 2020. MELBOURNE: Australia's government is in no rush to sign up to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, although it recognises the importance of working towards that goal, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in an interview published on Saturday .
Morrison's conservative government, in a surprise change of policy last month, said it would achieve its 2030 carbon emissions pledge under the Paris climate agreement without counting carbon credits from over-achieving on its previous climate targets.But in the interview with The Australian newspaper, Morrison said he will not take a new 2030 or 2035 emissions reduction target to a key United Nations climate conference in Glasgow in November.
"That is how you actually get to net zero. You don't get there by just having some commitment. That is where the discussion has to go, and I think the Biden administration provides an opportunity to really pursue that with some enthusiasm.
He added that the timeline to commit to a zero-net-emissions target will depend on"where the science is at and where our assessment is based on the technologies".
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