Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Australia on Thursday set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 62pc and 70pc below 2005 levels by 2035.
The new target adds to Australia's ambition of a 43pc cut by the end of this decade and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, leader of the center-left Labor Party, will take his government's 2035 target to the U.N. General Assembly next week.
Under the Paris climate agreement signed a decade ago, nations must increase their emissions reduction targets every five years.
"This is a responsible target backed by the science, backed by a practical plan to get there and built on proven technology," Albanese told reporters.
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