Malcolmtoandon Leaders Day at the Paris Climate Conference #COP21 pic.twitter.com/ZbZSfAMax6 9.16pm GMTThe foreign affairs minister,Julie Bishop, is on the AM program on ABC radio and she’s asked what happened with the fossil fuel communique. She says the issue (meaning the controversy) came to her late final week.
Bishop says she had some concerns about the wording in the novel Zealand-initiated communique but changes “couldn’t be negotiated in time so we didn’t sign up to it”. She says Australia had already made a very similar commitment in the G20.
People can own fears about all sorts of things.
The reality is our target is 26 to 28%.
No, and it’s not novel money. 9.03pm GMTBonjour and welcome to the moment day of politics in two hemispheres. It’s delightful to own your company.
While some of us were sleeping,Malcolm Turnbull delivered his contribution to the climate talks in Paris.
As my colleague Lenore Taylor reports, Australia will ratify the moment stage of the Kyoto protocol, or a scamper that underlines Australia’s change in attitude towards international climate talks but is unlikely to make any practical difference to reductions in emissions. Turnbull also said $1bn from Australia’s existing aid budget will be directed towards projects that reduce emissions or help countries adapt,including the $200m already committed by the Abbott government to the Green Climate Fund.
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Source: theguardian.com