Bushfires highlight need for urgent climate action and 'a real target', Anthony Albanese says

Labor leader to argue setting goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 'should be as non-controversial in Australia as it is in most nations'

Labor has to take the initiative in defending Australia against the dangers of climate change because the summer of catastrophe has highlighted our national vulnerability and because business and the states are now demanding national leadership, according to Anthony Albanese.

As revealed by Guardian Australia, the Labor leader will use a speech to a progressive thinktank on Friday to commit the ALP to adopting a net-zero target by 2050 if it wins the next federal election, without the use of carryover credits from the Kyoto period.