ALT Statement: We've been made aware that a local govt candidate is circulating election material claiming that the Commission has 'admitted it has no evidence that CO2 causes dangerous global warming and it relies entirely on 'the consensus of climate scientists'. This misrepresents our position. To be clear: We base our assessment of the causes and impacts of climate change on established peer-reviewed scientific literature, and the consensus of the world's scientific community. Scientific consensus rests on hypotheses and theories that are continually updated to reflect new evidence - with uncertainty being refined accordingly. On this basis, the consensus of climate scientists is that the earth is warming and humans are primarily responsible. We're satisfied that the evidence for this is clear and unequivocal. While we welcome informed debate about how best to address climate change, we don't - and won't - debate its existence.