Turnbull signals Australia won't follow Trump's lead on Paris climate agreement

Prime minister confirms Australia will ratify agreement despite opposition from One Nation and conservative Coalition MPs

Malcolm Turnbull has signalled Australia will not seek to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement even if the US president-elect, Donald Trump, follows through on his threat to cancel the emissions reductions commitments made by Barack Obama last December.

Turnbull on Thursday confirmed Australia had ratified the Paris agreement despite domestic opposition from the One Nation party, a critical Senate bloc for the government, and persistent climate change scepticism roiling within Coalition ranks.

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