Morrison government urged to cut emissions to tackle root cause of worsening bushfires

Former fire chiefs call for ‘no new coal or gas’ after royal commission found climate change fuelled the black summer bushfiresAustralia’s summer bushfires were fuelled by climate change and governments must respond to the royal commission into the disaster with tougher policies to reduce emissions, including “no new coal or gas”, former fire chiefs have said.Craig Lapsley, a former Victorian emergency management commissioner, said the $10bn cost of the bushfire disaster laid out in the report was “staggering”. Related: Australia must prepare for future shaped by extreme climate, bushfire royal commission warns Related: 'You can see it in their eyes': long after the bushfires the pain lingers in Cobargo Related: Australia after the bushfires Continue reading...