House debates

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

Questions without Notice

Climate Change

2:13 pm

Photo of Scott MorrisonScott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. So, yes: Australia has already achieved a 20 per cent reduction in our emissions since 2005, which has also seen our economy grow by 45 per cent over that same period of time. And we are forecasting—projecting—in our nationally determined contribution at Glasgow that we will beat that 26 to 28 per cent target and that our emissions reduction by 2030 will be 35 per cent. That's what we anticipate that to be, based on the work that is being done under the transparent process which the government has been long engaged in.

We know, under our plan, that by the end of that forecast period—

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