Morrison says Australia to exceed 2030 emissions target

By ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says the country is set to reduce emissions by 35% below 2005 levels by 2030. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday he would not commit at the U.N. climate conference in Scotland next month to increasing the country’s current 2030 target of reducing emissions by 26% to 28% below 2005 levels. “We will meet it and we will beat it,” Morrison said, referring to the 2030 target Australian adopted in 2015. “We’ll beat it with emissions reductions we believe of up to 35% and we may even achieve better,” he added.