Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister has already publicly responded to the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth report. The Prime Minister has acknowledged the importance of the report in continuing to inform Australia's efforts in delivering emissions reductions—our successful efforts, as a nation, in delivering emissions reductions—and the importance of unified global action in dealing with emissions.

The government looks forward to the opportunities that will be provided by the conference of the parties at Glasgow later this year to discuss the type of progress that is being made in Australia and around the world and the commitments for the future. We look forward to the fact that we can talk about Australia's emissions reductions, some 20 per cent emissions reductions since 2005.