Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1321 standing in my name.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) national emissions levels for the June quarter 2018 increased 1.3% relative to the previous quarter on a seasonally adjusted and weather normalised basis,

(ii) with emissions continuing to rise, and no clear plan to reduce them, we are set to miss our Paris targets, and

(iii) the Minister for the Environment, Ms Price, will represent Australia at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24); and

(b) calls on the Federal Government to make the following short statement to the COP24: Australia has not taken seriously its responsibilities to meeting its Paris Commitments, and will dramatically lift its ambitions to play its part in averting the climate crisis.