The Morrison government will take the climate change fight to Labor today – and try to shore up some of its own seats – by pledging up to $3.5 billion in carbon abatement and other environmental measures, including a $2 billion extension to the Abbott's government's emissions reduction fund.

Despite insisting repeatedly that Australia was on track to meet its 2030 Paris emissions reduction target "in a canter", Prime Minister Scott Morrison will unveil the new spending, which he says will ensure Australia meets the target while not damaging its economy.