Nationals Parkes MP Mark Coulton supports Scott Morrison's climate plan

A majority of members backed the plan after negotiations between Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Scott Morrison ahead of the PM's trip to Glasgow for the climate change conference in November.

"It means that NSW will get to the position of net zero emissions without the negative impacts that might happen on the regions," Mr Coulton said. "What's happened over the past couple of weeks is that we've put some protections in place to protect not only the agricultural and the mining sectors but also regional communities."

What those protections are won't be made public until after the plan is endorsed at a cabinet meeting on Monday night.

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"I think after it goes through that process we'll probably get a clearer position that can go out publicly," Mr Coulton told the Daily Liberal.

"I don't want to do anything that jeopardises the processes.

"We had a discussion where pretty well everyone spoke their different positions...a clear majority of the room agreed that we would agree with the proposition that was put forward by the Prime Minister."

He said there were concerns from the agricultural sector about discussions around methane emissions from livestock, and land management practices for farmers should be protected.

"The fact that our export countries - our customers are going to want clean, low emissions coal for some years to come even when they go through transitions to hydrogen, so we just need to make sure that those industries aren't brought up short when there's a justifiable reason for them to be there into the medium term."

While Mr Joyce has said he would keep private each member's stance, Mr Coulton didn't hesitate to confirm he voted to back the plan.

"I supported it. Obviously my job is to read what the people in my electorate want," he said. "Back in 2008 I fought very strongly against the proposal that the then-Rudd Government put up to tackle climate change, I thought it was ill-considered and was going to make life very difficult.

"But the world has moved on and so has the technology that's available to help us reduce emissions and obtain the targets we want to."

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