Anthony Albanese has attacked the Coalition’s record on climate change following new data showing 2014 was the hottest year on record.
The Labor frontbencher says Tony Abbott can no longer ignore the evidence on climate change.
Data released on Saturday by Nasa and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (Noaa) confirmed last year as the hottest 12 months since record-keeping began in 1880.
Albanese criticised the government for removing a cap on carbon pollution and damaging the renewable energy industry.
“Tony Abbott is frozen in time while the world warms around us,” he said.
Albanese said the government should join climate change discussions before the 2015 United Nations climate change conference in Paris.
The G20 was a pathetic and embarrassing attempt to ensure there was indeed no discussion of climate change on the agenda, but of course that happened anyway,” he said.
Albanese told reporters Labor would not reintroduce a carbon tax, but rather introduce a cap and trade system.
“But we’ve said very clearly, our principles are there ... of having a price on carbon, having a cap on the amount of emissions.”
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