Live: Climate change minister urges nations to act faster on emissions reduction

Climate change Minister Chris Bowen has urged nations to act faster to cut emissions through electrification.

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Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton says Labor is right behind Jim Chalmers after the environment minister urged colleagues to stop leaking against the treasurer.

Yesterday, Murray Watt said he would like the leaking against the treasurer to stop and emphasised the importance of party unity.

Speaking to Channel Seven this morning, Charlton says Chalmers to doing a good job given the challenges facing the Australian economy.

"Jim Chalmers is really facing into those challenges, whether it be getting inflation down by delivering two budget surpluses or helping young Australians to buy their first home," Charlton says.

Asked who is leaking against the treasurer, Charlton has initially deflected but says he thinks the caucus supports the treasurer.

"I think the caucus supports Jim Chalmers because they know he's doing a good job in in a difficult time. I'm not going to speculate on leaks that aren't people aren't putting their name putting putting their name to."

Asked if he would take the treasurer's job if it came up for grabs, Charlton says he's focussed on his own job.

"I'm very focused on my job. I'm working on artificial intelligence."

The assistant treasurer says Jim Chalmers is safe in his job after a cabinet minister urged his colleagues to stop leaking against the treasurer.

Yesterday, Environment Minister Murray Watt warned his ministerial and backbench colleagues to stop leaking against the treasurer.

Asked if Chalmers is safe in his role as treasurer, Daniel Mulino says he is "absolutely" safe.

"The treasurer is working on one in 25 year tax reform with the PM and with obviously the the cabinet and the whole caucus," Mulino says.

"The treasurer is leading a very ambitious program. The tax reforms are going to be very important for productivity growth, but also for fairness."

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has used a COP31 Opening Plenary Speech to call on nations to take faster action on climate change.

Bowen is president of negotiations at this year's climate summit. It was a role he was given after Australia ceded hosting rights to Türkiye.

In the speech, Bowen said nations must move faster and scale up the use of technology.

He's called for more progress on electrification.

"Whether it be glacial collapse in Nepal, heat deaths in Europe or an intensifying El Niño, climate change is here," Bowen said.

"Every fraction of a degree and every delay increases the risks to lives, communities, economic growth and the environment.

"We must move faster. We have the tools. The technologies we need are proven, commercial and scalable. What we need is to speed up deployment."

Hello and welcome to our federal politics live blog! It's great to have you join us here early this Tuesday morning.

I'm Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today's federal politics news.

The prime minister is about to embark on a trip to COP31 in Türkiye, the ASEAN summit in Manila, Philippines and APEC in Shenzhen, China.

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