Julie Bishop focusses on the positives in the face of criticism

Julie Bishop - focussing
 on the positives

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she is "focusing on the positives" in the face of criticism from Liberal backbenchers over the historic climate change deal reached in Paris.

The global climate change conference adopted an international accord, aimed at transforming the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and slowing the pace of global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius.

Australia's target of a 26 to 28 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by 2030 remains unchanged, but the Paris agreement will put pressure on the Government to do more.

Read the ABC story - “Paris climate deal: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop brushes aside Liberal MPs' criticism.”