E&OE…. Topics: Paris climate summit PATRICIA KARVELAS: The Environment Minister Greg Hunt is with the Prime Minister – well was with the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister's on his way back from Paris – but they've been at the climate conference. Welcome to RN Drive. GREG HUNT: And good evening to you Patricia. PATRICIA KARVELAS:…
E&OE…. Topics: Paris climate summit EMMA ALBERICI: Greg Hunt, welcome back to Lateline. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. EMMA ALBERICI: Mr Turnbull has announced that Australia will ratify Kyoto II. What impact will that have on this country's emissions? GREG HUNT: Well what it does do is, it allows us to make use of the achievements of…
Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, Australia joined a French-led initiative to reduce global emissions and boost agricultural production by improving soil health. Soil carbon has an important role to play in global emissions reduction efforts and offers the potential co-benefits of improved soil health and productivity. This is why the…
E&OE…. Topics: Paris climate summit TOM ELLIOTT: Greg Hunt joins us now. Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Now has the climate change summit or conference, has it actually begun yet? GREG HUNT: Yes it has. So yesterday there were just over 150 world leaders who were here. It's…