Turnbull quietly commits Australia's support to decarbonising the world economy

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he Turnbull government has quietly committed Australia to support decarbonising the world economy as one of the goals for this month's global climate summit in Paris, a move that has drawn applause.

Australia's PM, Malcolm Turnbull -
quietly commits Australia to the
idea of decarbonising the world economy.

With little fanfare, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull agreed on the sidelines of the G20 gathering with European leaders in Turkey this week that the language of the Paris agreement should agree on a long-term goal to ensure temperatures keep within an increase of 2 degrees on pre-industrial levels.

The terrorism attacks in Paris are also considered to be a reason Australia's shift was largely overlooked.

Read Peter Hannam and Tom Arup’s story in today’s Melbourne Age -“Paris 2015: Australia's quiet climate commitment to decarbonise the economy.”