Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Thank you, Senator, for answering, in part, my first question. My further supplementary question is this. The Pope's encyclical said:

We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world …

Today, in this building, faith leaders representing Australia's Buddhist, Anglican, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Catholic communities have endorsed Pope Francis's call to action. Will the government set its global climate goals in accordance with science or continue to shirk our global responsibilities and continue to be an international climate pariah?