Australia's Biggest Challenge?

With the federal election now well and truly in the rearview mirror, the new Australian Government is facing up to a series of challenges. None may be bigger than its response to the climate change.

After a decade of climate change denial and obfuscation, with minimal progress on the decarbonisation of the Australian economy, the new Government is presented with a climate challenge that has grown massively since they were last in power.

Australia is widely viewed as a laggard on decarbonisation by the international community, but the reality is much worse than simply being a little slower than our peers. Scientists around the world are dumbfounded by the acceleration of climate change, even more so by the politicisation of the global response and the resulting inaction.

Accordingly, the Government has an obvious and urgent need to act in line with the climate science rather than perpetuate politics and business-as-usual.

In our latest blog post we highlight why decarbonisation could be the biggest challenge facing the new Australian Government. Read it here

The climate emergency will continue to be a priority area for Australia21 in the new financial year, and as we reflect on the last 12 months, we would like to thank our generous supporters who have been critical to supporting our work. 

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