"It's a lacklustre plan. You can't reach net zero by 2050 and still allow fossil fuels to flourish,"
"The new pledges put forward have been for fossil fuel based technologies like carbon capture and storage and fossil fuel based hydrogen,"
"While it's great to see this money go forward, not necessarily towards the tech that the PM is hand-picking."
said Richie Merzian, Climate and Energy Program director at the Australia Institute
[Originally aired on BBC World News on 26 October 2021]
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