Australia's cabinet is expected to formally adopt a target for net zero emissions by 2050 when it meets later on Monday to review an deal reached between parties in Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition government, official sources told Reuters.
A junior partner in Australia's coalition government on Sunday said it would support a target of net zero emissions by 2050, a policy that Morrison will take to the U.N. COP26 climate summit next weekend. L8N2RK04T
The cabinet is set to meet late on Monday, two sources familiar with the cabinet's schedule told Reuters. Barring any unexpected delay, the government would then formally adopt the climate target, they said. Australia's coalition has been divided over the issue of tackling climate change, and the government has said harder targets would damage the country's A$2 trillion economy.
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