Wong’s comments followed the UN Secretary General’s warning that “humanity has opened the gates of hell” as heatwaves, floods and wildfires strike across the globe.
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.
But the UN climate summit was partly emblematic of the shortfall in effort, with the heads of state of some of the biggest emitters in the world – including China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi – skipping the summit, while the US sent in Climate Envoy John Kerry even though President Joe Biden, who did not attend, was in New York for the UN General Assembly.
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.
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