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Trump is the elephant in the room on climate targets

The US election result next week will influence the world’s global climate change action plans, including Australia.

John KehoeEconomics editor

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At The Australian Financial Review Energy and Climate Summit last week, an audience member asked minister Chris Bowen about the “elephant in the room”.

Both US presidential candidates are likely to step up gas production to replace coal.  Bloomberg

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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