Australia ‘not giving up’ on Paris climate agreement despite Trump withdrawal, Bowen says

But climate change and energy minister says government will not announce its 2035 emissions target before election

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Australia's climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, is not giving up" on the Paris climate agreement despite the US president, Donald Trump, moving to pull the world's second-largest polluter out of the global accord.

Bowen made the comments as the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, all but ruled out withdrawing from Paris if he won the federal election in 2025, suggesting such a move would damage trading relationships and cost jobs.

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