Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. It relates to the climate model chosen for the Treasury modelling and notes further that the choice of climate model determines how much we will need to reduce greenhouse gases in order to meet the government’s specified targets of 450 and 550 parts per million of CO2e. Can the minister confirm that the government chose to use only the MAGICC climate model and did not use other models like the Hadley Centre or the University of Victoria, Canada, climate models? And can the minister explain the climate consequences of basing global and domestic action on the MAGICC model instead of the Hadley or the University of Victoria models?