World leaders deserve to know about Australia's abysmal climate change policy, so I wrote to them | Bob Carr

Australia’s leaders are playing with climate policy, pitching a nationalist and populist message to their base

Australia ends the year as one of the only developed countries not committed to net zero emissions by 2050.

To this, prime minister Scott Morrison is adding another distinction. Australia is about to become the only developed country with a parliamentary committee charged with persuading corporates not to move beyond carbon.

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