Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

In fact, if you look at what has been put forward by developed nations, Australia’s most ambitious target compares very favourably with the targets which are being put forward by other developed nations on a whole range of measures. I would have hoped that the good senator, who is focused on these issues, would recognise that. The reality is that, whilst nations bear a different responsibility for the past, we share a common responsibility for the future. Developed nations alone cannot deliver the reductions in emissions that are required to ensure that we hold temperature rise to two degrees; it is simply not possible. So we take the approach in this negotiation that this is not about pointing the finger; this is not about blame shifting. It is about constructively trying to build the agreement that the world needs. That is what this government is doing and that is what it will continue to do.