Chris Bowen will use jobs deal and ‘roadmap to net zero’ to sell climate action to voters

Labor's climate spokesman says Joel Fitzgibbon was wrong to advocate surrender on carbon emissions

Chris Bowen says Labor will develop a jobs and emissions compact" to put to voters at the next election, and he has rebuffed Joel Fitzgibbon's campaign to have the opposition adopt the same medium-term emissions reduction target as the Coalition.

In an interview with Guardian Australia after being appointed shadow minister on climate change and energy this week, Bowen declared Labor could win the political battle to take climate action consistent with the science if it won the argument that ambition was good for jobs and long-term economic growth.