UK sets “shining example” for 2035 targets as COP29 gathers pace. Will Australia match its ambition?

UK prime minister Keir Starmer has laid down the gauntlet on climate action to Australia and the rest of the developed world, after committing the UK to an interim emissions reduction target of at least 81 per cent on 1990 levels by 2035.

Starmer announced the new Nationally Determined…