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U.S. Rejects Australia’s Climate Strategy Ahead of Global Summit
- Swipe at Morrison comes ahead of appearance at Biden’s meeting
- PM’s policies lack hard target to reach net-zero emissions
Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
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The U.S. has called out Australia’s lack of climate ambition ahead of President Joe Biden’s summit of global leaders.
“Our colleagues in Australia recognize that there’s going to have to be a shift,” an unidentified senior member of the Biden administration told reporters on Wednesday, according to a White House statement. “It’s insufficient to follow the existing trajectory and hope that they will be on a course to deep decarbonization and getting to net-zero emissions by mid-century.”