Biden will pressure PM to ditch 'dualistic and insincere' climate policy
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be under pressure by US President Joe Biden to abandon its dualistic and insincere approach to climate policy and commit to the Paris agreement, says ANU Australian Studies Institutes Professor Mark Kenny. The federal government has been forced to defend itself after Sky News UK revealed the United Kingdom ditched a climate change clause in order to get the free trade deal with Australia over the line. I think its dualistic and insincere effectively. People are being fudged on both sides on this and, essentially, the governments not moving, Professor Kenny told Sky News Australia. We see Australia playing hardball, so Australia, under the Morrison government on this question, has been carving out for itself quite a hard-line reputation for some time now. Thered been a lot of speculation all year that Scott Morrison ... would find a way to make that net-zero commitment that he has shimmied up towards by saying that he wants it to happen by 2050, or preferably sooner, but he hasnt made the commitment. Whether that commitment comes or not, its hard to know, but the window is closing, and in those discussions with the president (Biden), the pressure will be on. Read More Our Apps