We'll 'probably' allow overseas emission reduction permits: Greg Hunt

Greg Hunt.

The Turnbull government will “probably” allow emission reduction permits to be bought from overseas, giving Australia flexibility to increase the targets it pledged at the Paris climate conference, Greg Hunt has predicted.

The environment minister signalled there was scope to tighten Australia’s international commitments to curb climate change, as some of his Coalition colleagues rubbished the significance of the deal reached in the French capital at the weekend.

The West Australian backbencher Dennis Jensen said the agreement, which enshrined a goal of limiting temperature increases to 1.5C to 2C compared with pre-industrial levels, was accompanied by “a lot of hype”. And the Sydney-based Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly mocked any suggestion that “the world is saved”.

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