Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)   notes:

(i)   that 2007 marks the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol), arguably the most successful multilateral environmental agreement,

(ii)   that since 1987, the Montreal Protocol has resulted in a 95 per cent reduction in consumption of ozone depleting substances through the use of binding controls with strict compliance measures, financing mechanisms and trade restrictions,

(iii)   that actions taken under the Montreal Protocol have made an important contribution in addressing climate change because many ozone depleting substances that have been phased out have high global warming potentials, and

(iv)   a number of parties to the Montreal Protocol have proposed adjustments to the Montreal Protocol to accelerate the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); and

(b)   calls on the Government to support an accelerated phase-out of HCFCs at the 19th meeting of the parties in Montreal, Canada, to be held in September 2007.

Question agreed to.