Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Morrison government was sucking up to Donald Trump at the global climate change conference (the 24th\u00a0Conference of the Parties) in Katowice, Poland. Instead of siding with countries who are serious about the transition away from coal, Australia overnight cosied up to representatives from Trump\u2019s climate-denying administration who were spruiking fossil fuels, joining them on a panel to promote fossil fuels and Chevron\u2019s giant Gorgon LNG project.
\n\u201cAustralia is now actively cheerleading for Trump. Campaigning for fossil fuels at a climate summit shows a wilful disregard for human life,\u201d said Mr Bandt.
\n\u201cThis is no longer just about Australia\u2019s international reputation. Now we\u2019re an existential threat to our Pacific neighbours and we\u2019re boasting about it.
\n\u201cAustralia is sucking up to Trump and spruiking fossil fuels when we should be joining countries who are trying to stop the climate emergency.
\n\u201cMeanwhile, Melissa Price is already shaping up to be a wrecker at this climate conference, with Australia joining the oil cartel in remaining silent while the rest of the world defended the \u20181.5 degrees\u2019 report by the world\u2019s scientists from attack by the US and Russia.
\n\u201cMeanwhile Labor is refusing to rule out using the Liberals\u2019 dodgy accounting tricks to meet our already measly climate commitments.
\n\u201cLabor needs to immediately rule out using any \u2018carryover\u2019 from Kyoto to meet Australia\u2019s international obligations. If they refuse, they\u2019ll be profiting from climate denialism and making it harder to stop global warming.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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