Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Waters, I move:

At the end of the motion, add ", but having regard to the role emissions from offshore petroleum projects play in atmospheric warming, the Senate:

(a) notes the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the planet is warming at the fastest rate in at least 2000 years, rapidly approaching 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels;

(b) notes the recent statement by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that new coal, oil and gas projects, including offshore petroleum projects, must cease by 2021 if we hope to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees; and

(c) calls on the Government to act urgently on the IPCC's and IEA's warnings".

Question negatived.

We will not call a division, given the numbers and the difficulties today, but I would like the Australian Greens to be recorded as supporting the amendment. If other parties could put their positions, that would be helpful. Otherwise, I will call a division.