Graham Kennedy: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeGraham Kennedy: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 22 September 2015. Volume:709;Page:6839. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]9.Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements after almost 7 years as Prime Minister?Rt Hon JOHN KEY (Prime Minister): Yes especially the one I just made which was that it is nice to hear the question read out in a baritone.Dr Kennedy Graham: Does the Prime Minister stand by his statement that “We’re seen as a country that is doing its fair share” on climate change when our net emissions have risen by 13 percent since he took office?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: Yes and we disagree with the fact that the member tried to present this to the House as it is incorrect.Hon Tim Groser: Can the Prime Minister confirm that New Zealand has met all of its international obligations is on track to continue this until the end of the second commitment period and is the only Government in the world to have established an entire new science organisation devoted to the study of climate change and—Mr SPEAKER: Order! Supplementary questions particularly are meant to be concise.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: Yes and I thank the Minister for pointing that out.Dr Kennedy Graham: I seek leave of the House to table the latest United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change document which demonstrates the accuracy of the figure of 13 percent.Mr SPEAKER: Order! I presume that is freely available on the internet?Dr Kennedy Graham: I think it is beyond the—Mr SPEAKER: Order! No I did not ask that. I am not putting the leave.Dr Kennedy Graham: Are we doing our fair share when the 11 percent target we are taking to Paris if emulated by all nations will leave homeless some 179000 people in Kiribati the Marshall Islands Nauru and Tuvalu?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: The target we are taking to Paris is 30 percent below our 2005 level by 2030.Dr Kennedy Graham: Are we doing our fair share when Climate Action Tracker describes New Zealand’s commitment as “not in line with any interpretations of a ‘fair’ approach to reach a 2°C pathway: if most other countries were to follow New Zealand’s approach global warming would exceed 3-4°C”?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: If one looks at the target that New Zealand is taking to Paris it is a more aggressive target than that being presented for instance by Australia by Canada and by the United States and I would strongly suggest by some of the very very large emitters in the world like India.Dr Kennedy Graham: After 7 years in office does the Prime Minister agree with climate scientist Professor Kornelis Blok who says that New Zealand has “taken little or no action on climate change since 2008—except for watering down its ETS and we can find no evidence of any policies that would change this.”?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: No for a start off this is a Government that actually brought this emissions trading scheme in. Emissions are lower now than they were in 2007 under Labour.Andrew Little: In light of his statements that he intends to have certain conversations with people in New York when he is there as part of the United Nations 70th celebrations what conversations will he have with United Nations personnel or during an awaited pull-aside with President Barack Obama on New Zealand’s contributions to the sustainable development goals to assist in combatting climate change?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: Many and varied.