Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is set to swoop on Paris for a string of talks before the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will also fly into the French capital on Sunday before the fortnight-long summit aimed at achieving a global accord on tackling climate change and reducing carbon emissions.
The leaders will meet with an array of international peers, business heavyweights, scientists, climate experts and environmentalists to discuss global action on climate change.
Mr Shorten will arrive in France fresh from pledging to cut Australia's carbon emissions by 45 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030, which is well above the coalition pledge of between 26 and 28 per cent.
Before he took to the skies, Mr Shorten argued the prime minister was determined to hold back Australia on climate change action and was saddled with "Tony Abbott's climate-sceptic baggage".
Mr Turnbull, meanwhile, has encouraged other Commonwealth leaders to send a powerful signal to other nations that strong climate change action is needed.
Mr Turnbull urged others at a special climate change session on Friday at the Commonwealth leaders' summit in Malta to sign up to the Commonwealth leaders' climate change statement.
"Ahead of COP21 it is a powerful signal to other countries of the world to show a similar level of ambition and commitment to working together for a strong result in Paris," Mr Turnbull said.
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