E&OE…. Topics: Paris Climate Change Agreement, Great Barrier Reef MIRIAM COROWA: Australia is one of more than 170 countries signing the agreement in the largest one day signing of an international deal in UN history. Environment Minister Greg Hunt joins us now from New York. Thank you for joining us Minister. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. MIRIAM…
E&OE…. Topics: Paris Climate Change Agreement GREG HUNT: Look, I'm really delighted that Australia's been able to not only just sign on to the Paris Agreement, but we have committed to the process of beginning ratification immediately and to seek to ratify and complete that process this year. That puts Australia really right in the…
Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. Climate change is real, significant and important. It is one of the great modern challenges for the world. The Paris Agreement is therefore a profoundly important milestone. It is a turning point in the transition to a lower emissions economy. It builds on the landmark Dubai Pathway under the Montreal…