Greens back call by Pacific Island Nations for 1.5 degree limit

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he Australian Greens have endorsed calls by Pacific Island nations for a climate treaty limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, putting further distance between its policies and those of the Turnbull government and the Labor Opposition.

The move comes as the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) revealed carbon-dioxide levels reached another annual record in 2014, continuing a "relentless rise", according to its chief Michel Jarraud.

Read Peter Hannam’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Greens back 1.5-degree warming limit, turning up heat on Labor, Coalition,”