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 FRAN KELLY: The Environment Minister Greg Hunt is with the Prime Minister at the climate conference. He joins us from Paris now. Minister, welcome to Breakfast. GREG HUNT: Good morning Fran. FRAN KELLY: So Australia will be one of two countries who signed on to Mission Innovation initiative. So we'll…
E&OE…. Topics: Paris climate summit KIERAN GILBERT: Now to my chat with Greg Hunt the Environment Minister. I spoke to him from Paris earlier this morning. GREG HUNT: Look there is a very positive mood. Over 150 world leaders – perhaps the greatest gathering ever of world leaders, and certainly since 1948. And there is…
PRIME MINISTER: Hi, I'm Malcolm Turnbull and I'm here with Greg Hunt and we are here in Paris in a spirit of realistic optimism and commitment to ensuring that we have a global agreement. Something that – in real terms – has eluded the global community for many years but we believe that here in…
Topics: Paris climate summit E&OE…. MARIUS BENSON: Greg Hunt good morning. GREG HUNT: And good morning Marius. MARIUS BENSON: Thanks indeed for joining us. Could I just get a broad sense of what has to come from this conference, in your estimate, for it to be a success? GREG HUNT: Look I think the keys…
Topics: Paris climate conference E&OE…. MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Australia is pushing for the new agreement to include provisions for five yearly reviews. That would allow nations, including Australia, to increase their targets in future years and provide some level of accountability for the pledges made. Australia's Environment Minister Greg Hunt has arrived in Paris for the…
Australia strongly opposes the decision by Japan to resuming whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer. The Australian Government has made repeated representations at the highest level to urge Japan not to resume whaling this year. Representations have been made by the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Environment Minister. We do not accept in any…
Today Bill Shorten has announced another plan for higher electricity prices. He’s picked a target but hasn’t had the courage to outline the costs. He hasn’t done the work to detail the mechanism. Where is the ALP plan and mechanism? Where is the ALP modelling? After two years they have no plan and no modelling.…
Labor’s lack of credibility in dealing with climate change is getting worse by the day. The latest claims about the Government “fudging numbers” are absolute nonsense. Labor is getting so desperate they’re now attacking the United Nations. We use a set of accounting standards established by the United Nations to calculate emissions. We don’t make…
** Check against delivery ** Introduction: An integrated approach to climate and the environment Thank you for the introduction and many thanks to the National Press Club for the opportunity to address you in the lead up to COP21, or the Paris Climate Change Conference, which starts on Monday. I had the honour of representing…