Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government’s approach to tackling climate change is winning Australia’s praise from foreign nations.
Key points:
- Anthony Albanese spends two days in Indonesia for his first bilateral visit
- It hopes to establish closer trade ties with the fourth most populous nation in the world
- The prime minister said he hoped to develop “green trade” partnerships.
Albanese, who has been in power for 15 days, said on Tuesday that all world leaders who had spoken to him had praised his government’s climate commitments.
“The changed policy on climate change, which my government was chosen to implement, has been welcomed here in the region and by all the world leaders I have spoken to,” he told reporters in Indonesia.
The new government has pledged to higher climate commitments than the old coalition government in the last election.
Albanese spends two days in Indonesia, where he has pledged to build a “green trade” partnership as part of the government’s plan to tackle climate change.
Albanese said his government will work alongside Indonesia to meet its emission reduction targets.
“We are working with Jakarta to build a resilient clean energy sector and unlock green trade and investment opportunities because both countries recognize that climate change is not only a problem to be solved but presents opportunities,” he said in a speech to a university.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to search, up and down arrows for volume. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indonesian President Joko Widodo take a bike ride.
The prime minister met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday as part of an attempt to strengthen ties with the world’s fourth most populous country.
He confirmed that he would attend the G20, which Indonesia is hosting this year, even though Russian President Vladimir Putin is attending. Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison had urged Indonesia to refuse Putin’s assistance.
Albanese also took advantage of the visit to pledge an additional $ 470 million over four years for bilateral and regional overseas development assistance programs in Southeast Asia.
Australia will also offer easier access to visas.
Although Indonesia is a close neighbor and has 270 million people, it has yet to enter Australia’s top 10 trading partners.
Business leaders traveled with Mr. Albanese, along with his foreign, trade and industry ministers.
The delegation will return to Australia later today.
Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 5:43 AM, updated 55 m ago, 55 minutes ago, Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 6:22 AM