World Climate News: Paris UN Climate Conference 2015: Australia refuses to pledge fossil fuels

UN Climate Conference in Paris 2015: Australia refused to pledge fossil fuels

Australia, New Zealand, on Sunday evening in Paris, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last minute to break the news after the call for reform of fossil fuel subsidies dismissed the statements of support.Statements of support from the government to strengthen its commitment to phasing out over 40 countries expected to see the first full day of the Paris climate summit is scheduled to begin in the statement, coal, gas and oil is effective for use.Organizers had hoped that Australia would get on the board. But rebel coalition at Canberra in Australia with rural and conservative deputies decided to put its name to the statement.The well on the Australian stage in support of early discussions about the use of the IMF's definition is that some have expressed concerns, and the French want to join.Australia already has some tough language on fossil fuels can be considered, they have signed up to - government incentives that are effective in some cheap, coal, gas or oil to use - subsidies effective support in 2009 is committed to getting rid of the G20, through.A spokesman for the Fairfax Media Mr Turnbull said he would not sign a statement in Paris that the summit confirmed.New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, Prime fossil fuel subsidy reform statement at the launch of the UN Climate Change Christiana Figueres, President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven and Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen joined Luke LAR.Tuesday morning Australian time speech at the UN climate summit the Prime Minister. He attended the meeting in Paris on Monday, the 150 is one of the world leaders.Once again, the opponent of agricultural diesel for trucks and mines should be considered, the major conflict between the environment and the industry, among fossil fuels with a difficult issue for the home support.Australian Conservation Foundation, discount diesel in the next four years, said that cost Australia $ 26000000000. But the mining and agricultural groups that are collected for the maintenance of remission road off-road vehicles to compensate them for the tax paid on fuel used to say.The fossil fuel subsidies to sign the statement was in fact the fuel tax rebate for miners and farmers to any change that requires Australia is unclear.Australia is likely that it has expressed strong opposition to the idea, which some representatives coalition, angered the weekend came to sign a statement. Queensland Nationals MP George Christensen on his Twitter, "the statement signed, would cost jobs and coal mining. Jobs for NQ, I am opposed to it." saidThe fossil fuel subsidies over a factor of four to one for renewable energy are still higher than those that referred to the International Energy Agency this month. In 2014, these subsidies in the energy sector to clean energy sources, compared with $ US112 billion to $ US490 billion ($ 695 billion) of the amount.