Australia won't use Kyoto carryover credits to meet Paris climate targets, Scott Morrison confirms

The prime minister tells Pacific leaders Australia will reach net zero emissions as soon as possible', but declines to commit to a timeline

Australia has officially abandoned its plan to use Kyoto protocol carryover credits to meet its Paris agreement climate targets, the prime minister, Scott Morrison, has told a Pacific leaders' summit, but he pointedly declined to commit to a timeline on reaching net zero emissions.

As Pacific leaders said their islands and homes would not be the sacrificial canaries" in the coalmine of climate change's existential threat, Morrison said late on Friday that Australia would reach net zero as soon as possible".