But he will temper his call with an assurance to voters that Labor will defend regional jobs if it wins power at the next election,arguing climate action does not have to mean the end of coal mining.
"The truth is the global community is not asking Australia to stop exporting coal,"he says in a draft of a speech he'll give to the Country Labor conference in the NSW town of Singleton.
"In fact,the global steel and aluminium industries – all needed to build solar panels and wind towers – will continue to demand high-quality Australian coal for decades to come."
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The speech comes as Labor is under attack from both the Nationals and the Greens in regional Australia. It hasset out a "net zero" climate target for 2050 while waiting for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reveal government policy.
Despite speculation the government would release its technology road map for climate change in recent days,the plan has been put back while Energy MinisterAngus Taylor emphasises investments in new ways to reduce carbon emissions.
Mr Taylor said on Friday the government would take a"technology-based long-term emissions reduction strategy"to the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow in November but he argued against a"net zero"target.