‘Show us the menu’: Barnaby Joyce not ruling out net zero by 2050 | micksfoley
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says he has not changed the Nationals’ position on setting a net zero carbon emissions deadline since he was re-elected to lead the party after deposing Michael McCormack last month.
“Show us what’s on the menu and show us what it costs and we’ll decide whether we’re going to eat it,” Mr Joyce said.The Morrison government’s climate policy centres on a technology road map to guide investment in lower-emissions initiatives such as hydrogen fuel, green steel and aluminium and carbon sequestration in agriculture, which is aimed at driving industry uptake.
“The likelihood of Joyce getting endorsement from his party room to agree to net zero is zero,” he said, speaking of himself in the third person.host David Speers, who asked if the New England MP had approached a colleague to sound out Nationals Gippsland MP Darren Chester about running as Mr Joyce’s deputy in his leadership challenge.
Many wealthy nations have committed to net zero emissions by 2050, including Australia’s major trading partners in the UK, EU, the United States, Japan and South Korea, and many have set targets to halve emissions by 2030.Most Australian agriculture groups believe there is a trade opportunity in climate action and have made their own net zero commitments.
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