00:00doing his bit to reduce greenhouse gases.
00:05And I love to talk about the fact that I love to ride my electric bike
00:08and deliver all my mail personally.
00:10This reduces the amount of stamps that I have to produce.
00:13But the Environment Minister was backpedalling
00:15on a pre-election CLP promise of emissions reductions targets.
00:21Prior to the election, the then Shadow Environment Minister Joe Hersey
00:25told the NT Environment Centre,
00:26we are committed to the government target of 43% reduction
00:31in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
00:34But today in estimates, it was revealed no such target
00:37was in the government's plans.
00:39This is not current government policy, no.
00:42What we're more focused on is ensuring we're protecting our environment
00:45whilst maintaining stability and lowest possible prices for Territorians.
00:50It follows comments this week from CLP Senator Jacinta Nampajempa-Price,
00:55who said she'd be taking the party's position
00:57to abandon a 2050 net zero emissions target to Canberra.
01:02The country Liberal Party's position is one that supports
01:06abandoning the net zero target emissions
01:08and supporting withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
01:12And these are conversations that are yet to be had
01:15within the Liberal Party room.
01:17But the NT CLP government is still committed
01:20to the longer-term net zero target.
01:23Yes, so that's a matter for the party.
01:25And of course, Senator Price has been very vocal about that.
01:29It's not a position of our government
01:30and we'll continue with the work that we're doing.
01:32Despite scrapping the short-term emissions target,
01:35the NT government says it remains committed
01:37to mitigating the effects of climate change.
01:40It's currently undertaking an assessment
01:42of the risks of rising temperatures
01:44on the Northern Territory's liveability
01:46with the outcome to help shape decision-making.
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