Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, none of us enjoy seeing your rulings being ignored. , as part of the Paris Agreement, next year the world will begin assessing progress towards the Paris target and start discussion around increasing the ambition of every nation's targets. This is called the ratchet effect. It has been reported this morning that the Turnbull government has essentially set a cap on its current Paris target of 26 to 28 per cent by this policy. Is this true? If not, how do you guarantee under the NEG to rapidly increase cuts in our emissions and meet new standards?