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

by leave—I move the motion as amended:

(1)

That the Senate notes that:

(a)

it is well established that both ozone depleting gases and a number of replacement synthetic gases introduced in response to the Montreal Protocol have contributed to positive direct radiative forcing and associated increases in global average surface temperature;

(b)

the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol have reported that synthetic greenhouse gas emissions represent about 14% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions since 1750, and are rapidly increasing; and

(c)

the United Nations Environment Programme has compared the accelerated phase out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) under proposed changes to the Montreal Protocol to efforts to increase energy efficiency and other ‘quick wins’ to fight global warming.

Question put.