Australian PM says China must step up on climate change as 'newly developed' nation

Scott Morrison uses keynote speech of US visit to say China should be doing more to combat the climate crisis

Scott Morrison has challenged China to do more heavy lifting on climate change, saying Australia welcomes its economic growth, but that prosperity and power also come with responsibility.

The Australian prime minister used the keynote speech of his US visit, at the Chicago Institute for Global Affairs on Monday, to praise China's "economic maturity". Morrison characterised China as a "newly developed" rather than a developing economy, and argued that status conferred developed-world obligations on the Chinese leadership.