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Question Without Notice No. 471 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 August 2021 by Hon Wilson Tucker

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CLIMATE CHANGE

471. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the Leader of the House representing the Premier:

I refer the Premier to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dated 9 August 2021, which found that average temperatures in Australia have increased by approximately 1.4 degrees since 1910 and warns that we are on track for rising sea levels, increased and more intense bushfires and increased droughts and floods. I also refer the Premier to his comments in October 2019 during an interview on 6PR in which he said, ''A climate emergency? I don't actually know what that means''. In light of the IPCC's findings, will the Premier finally admit that the state is facing a climate emergency?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

I refer the honourable member to the Western Australian climate policy published in 2020, which underscores the state government's commitment to adapting to climate change and to working with all sectors of the economy to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.