Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Pratt, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the Morrison Government intends to use so called Kyoto carryover credits to meet its Paris Agreement target even though:

(i) no other country is planning to use Kyoto carryover credits to meet Paris Agreement commitments,

(ii) nine prominent Australian environmental law experts have previously called the use of Kyoto carryover credits in the Paris Agreement 'legally baseless in international law', and

(iii) the Business Council of Australia and BHP among other business groups have called on the Government not to use Kyoto carryover credits; and

(b) calls on the Morrison Government to rule out the use of Kyoto carryover credits to meet Paris Agreement emission reduction targets.