Liberal moderates are split on whether they can sell the party's "compromise" climate policy, with several warning city voters cannot be won without a firm net zero commitment.
Most of the party has backed scrapping the 2050 target and while many Liberals who wanted to keep net zero say they are happy with the position the party has landed, some despondent moderates fear electoral oblivion in metropolitan seats.
Liberals in the shadow ministry on Thursday signed off on a plan to ditch net zero by 2050 and repeal Labor's emission reduction mechanisms in favour of a "technology-led" approach where affordability and reliability are prioritised.
Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target The decision brings the party closer to the Nationals, which ditched its support for the target earlier this month amid internal turmoil over the Coalition's policy.
As a "compromise" the Liberals would still "welcome" society theoretically achieving net zero, and support Australia remaining in the Paris Agreement.
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