Even the relatively straightforward parts of the energy transition are becoming harder to achieve in a world constrained by inflationary pressures.
The hot-mic moment between Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen at the United Nations COP31 in Turkey isn’t that significant in the scheme of things.
All the same, the small-talk exchange about phone radiation and “dicks” between the Prime Minister and the Energy and Climate Minister was unedifying. After the “melongate” and shag-Kylie Mingoue podcast saga earlier this year, this is another disappointing lapse in decorum by Albanese.
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Australia wants to establish itself as a serious global climate player, but its efforts at this week's UN climate change conference expose the contradictions in current climate politics, both internationally and at home.
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A UN report last month found the world is already on course to exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warming threshold, a limit scientists say should prevent the worst effects of climate change.
The Australian prime minister’s use of traditional skills – and free flat whites – brought success in Turkey. But his country’s fossil fuel industry and its culture wars remain a problem
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