The foreign minister admits Australia needs to be better prepared for another dangerous bushfire season, as a spring heatwave leaves parts of the country edging towards disaster.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong admits Australia needs to be better prepared for another dangerous bushfire season, as a spring heatwave leaves parts of the country edging towards disaster.
“The future of humanity is in our hands,” Guterres said. “We must turn up the tempo, turn plans into action and turn the tide.
Fortescue Future Industries, the company run by Australian mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, argued that the UN “has to be more aggressive” when it comes to climate negotiations.ambitious decarbonisation plan to be net-zero by 2030Chief executive Mark Hutchinson told this masthead that he hoped the upcoming Climate Change summit in Abu Dhabi would result in bold action, “such as definitive targets that say: ok we’ll come off oil, we’ll come off gas, we’ll come off coal.
Local Government Minister Kristy McBain, who represents the Eden-Monaro electorate devastated by the 2019-2020 bushfires, said on ABC radio this week that she understood residents’ frustrations.
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