Australia’s time to shine as climate talks begin |
This week will bring the first phase of talks paving the way to the next UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Türkiye later this year.
It is a historic moment for Australia as Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen steps into the role of president of negotiations.
After the disappointment that Australia didn’t get to co-host COP31 with the Pacific as originally hoped, it may have dropped somewhat from public consciousness. But this is the place where global coordination happens. And this is the time.
If there was ever a moment to make the case for moving to affordable clean energy, it’s now.
The US-Israeli war on Iran is 100 days old. In that time we have seen fuel shortages, rising inflation and food insecurity. The only winners are the world’s top oil and gas companies.
All around the world people are suffering. The Philippines has declared a fuel emergency, Sri Lanka has switched off street lights, and the world’s poorest people are facing a hunger crisis due to increased transport and fertiliser costs.
Here in Australia petrol and diesel prices rose sharply after the war started,........