Senior moderate Simon Birmingham says the Coalition needs to listen and act in concert with Pacific leaders on climate change.
| The former Coalition government’s failure to set more ambitious climate change targets hurt Australia’s standing in the Pacific, senior Liberal Simon Birmingham has conceded.
“What’s clear to me from the few days that I’ve had from engagement with Pacific leaders ... is that it is critical for us to listen carefully and attentively to our Pacific partners, and not just to listen, but to ensure that we act in concert with them,” Senator Birmingham said at a joint news conference with Senator Wong and Palau’s President Surangel Whipps jnr.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison argued that his government did not need to set a higher target because Australia was probably going to hit 35 per cent anyway. , and then we say the same things at home as we say here, is equally critical in that regard,” he said.
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