Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

This is, again, grandstanding. Paris is about getting an agreement which puts us on the path to ensuring temperature rise stays below two degrees. Australia's target is strong and credible. It involves the largest reduction of per capita emissions of any major developed economy—the equal largest of G20 countries. Greens support for a global moratorium on new coalmines will condemn hundreds of millions of people to ongoing energy poverty. The Australian government is working to leverage all sources of finance to help developing countries address climate change. The Australian government's commitment to the Green Climate Fund builds on our existing support for climate resilience projects in developing countries, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.