Climate experts say Labor's emissions reduction plan needs to go further

Climate experts are hailing Labor's election promise to make a 43 per cent emissions cut by 2030 as a step in the right direction, but warn it is a goal that falls short of what the science calls for. To limit global warning within the Paris Agreement goal of "well below" two degrees, scientists and Greens activists are pushing for a 75 per cent emissions cut.

Plumes of smoke rise from chimneys at an Industrial Area of Patras in West Greece. Source: Getty