Greens Leader Christine Milne is at the UN climate talks in Lima and says there are serious questions being asked about Australia's role, as the high level negotiations get underway.

"Foreign Minister Bishop is suggesting the solutions to global warming are not the responsibility of high per-capita emitting countries, but that claim will fail to impress anyone. Australia is pushing fossil fuel pollution as hard and fast as it can with its coal exports," said Senator Milne.

The Australian Greens Leader, Senator Christine Milne, moves a motion in the Senate to recognise the latest findings of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and calls on the Abbott Government to reduce Australia's vulnerability to extreme weather events by taking action on climate change.

Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne says the Abbott government must drop its attack on the Renewable Energy Target, as new ABS data confirms renewable energy is hugely popular and a growth market for Australia.

"In three short years the number of Australian households using solar energy has quadrupled from around five per cent to 20 per cent," said Senator Milne.

"At this rate, we're looking at a bright, clean, sustainable future for Australia, but Tony Abbott's Coalition needs to stop demonising renewables.

The Australian Greens Leader, Senator Christine Milne, calls on the Abbott Government not to obstruct climate negotiations in Lima and to set a national emissions target consistent with the Climate Change Authority's (CCA) recommended range.

The Greens are warning Victoria will suffer devastating job losses and hits to the local economy if a plan to phase out the dirtiest power stations isn't put in place before they fail.

"The closure of old Victorian power stations is inevitable," said Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne.

"With huge excess power supply and last century technology, they will become junk assets within the next five years, unable to compete with cheap, cleaner energy.

Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne says it is a complete deception for Tony Abbott to claim he's acting on climate change with $10 billion in the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, when he plans to abolish that very instrument, and when his government describes it as a complete waste of taxpayers' money.

"This is not a cheeky sleight of hand. This is Australia's climate denying Prime Minister telling outright lies to world leaders and international media," said Senator Milne.