Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims Australia’s per capita emissions target for 2030 are “the best in the developed world”.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt claims the Coalition's emissions reduction fund is around 1 per cent of the cost of reducing carbon under the former Labor government's carbon pricing scheme.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claims Australia's emissions reduction target of 26 to 28 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030 is "second only to the emission cuts offered by Brazil" when measured on a per capita basis.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claims the Government's emissions reduction target of 26 to 28 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030 are comparable to other "similarly situated" countries.

Treasurer Joe Hockey claims it will be difficult for US president Barack Obama to deliver on climate change pledges because he must first get past a hostile US congress.

Liberal MP Katie Allen says the Government has "done a great job" at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and claims they have fallen since 2005 to reach a record low in 2019.

Opposition Climate spokesman Greg Hunt claims CSIRO research shows carbon emissions can be reduced by 20 per cent over 40 years using nature, soils and trees.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor claims that when the Coalition came to power, it inherited a 755 million tonne emissions "deficit" against Australia's second Kyoto target because Labor "hadn't done the hard work".

On its Facebook page, NSW Labor claims emissions always go up under the Liberals.

IT entrepreneur and outspoken climate change commentator Mike Cannon-Brookes claims that Australia, with a population of just 25 million people, generates and exports over 5 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions if exports are included.