Australia will export coal for "decades" despite campaigns to shut down the industry, Labor leader Anthony Albanese will declare on Saturday in a call to cut carbon emissions rather than halt mining.

The Opposition Leader will back the case for "strong global action" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a message to regional Australia, accusing parties on both ends of the political spectrum of blocking change.

Anthony Albanese will argue climate action does not have to mean the end of coal mining jobs. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

But he will temper his call with an assurance to voters that Labor will defend regional jobs if it wins power at the next election, arguing climate action does not have to mean the end of coal mining.

"The truth is the global community is not asking Australia to stop exporting coal," he says in a draft of a speech he'll give to the Country Labor conference in the NSW town of Singleton.