Queensland LNP pledges net zero 2050 target at next election amid ‘deeply troubling’ rise in emissions

Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli says his party would start considering how emissions reductions could be achieved to hit a net zero 2050 target. Photograph: Russell Freeman/AAP

Queensland’s opposition has announced it will bring a net zero emissions target by 2050 to the next state election at the LNP’s annual convention in Brisbane over the weekend.

LNP leader David Crisafulli said it was “deeply troubling” that emissions had increased in Queensland over the past several years.