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Australia’s Labor to toughen emissions target, set up carbon market if it wins election

Published 02:31 on April 1, 2019  /  Last updated at 18:02 on April 1, 2019  / Stian Reklev /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s poll-leading opposition Labor party will introduce a baseline-and-crediting scheme building on the Safeguard Mechanism with tougher CO2 targets and access to international offsets if it wins next month’s election, it said Monday.
Australia’s poll-leading opposition Labor party will introduce a baseline-and-crediting scheme building on the Safeguard Mechanism with tougher CO2 targets and access to international offsets if it wins next month’s election, it said Monday.


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