Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I absolutely reject the premise and the facile assertion at the end of the question, quite frankly. In fact, Australia is working very hard to deliver our long-term emissions reduction strategy. We will release that ahead of COP 26, as we have made very clear. We will release our updated forecasts ahead of COP 26, which are expected to show a further improvement on Australia's 2030 position. We have a strong record of meeting and exceeding our international emissions reduction targets, including overachieving on both our first Kyoto emissions target and our 2020 target. The latest data shows our emissions at 20 per cent below 2005 levels. We believe in achieving—not just talking about it, but achieving—and those achievements are records to which we can point as a nation. Our emissions are lower than in any year under the previous government, and at the lowest levels since 1990. We are strongly committed to playing our part in the global effort to combat climate change through the Paris Agreement, as set out in all of the Pacific Islands Forum declarations, the Boe declaration and the Kainaki II declaration, and we have been clear, as the Prime Minister has indicated, that we intend to reach net zero as soon as possible, and preferably by 2050.