“I do think that world leaders are really starting to listen and see how urgent this is and what an emergency this is,” Johnson told an audience of schoolchildren at Downing Street.
“[The Coalition’s new net zero by 2050 policy] was actually very difficult for Australia to do ... because Australia is very heavily dependent on coal and on lots of carbon-producing industries.
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“They’ve done a heroic thing,the Australians,in getting to that commitment.
“I hope they will be joined by lots more countries in that region for the COP summit.”
Johnson,who will host the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next week,made the comments as Morrison prepared to unveil the government’s plan to neutralise greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century.
Morrison launched the plan during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.