Podcast from The Guardian
Six years after the devastation of the Copenhagen meetings, the Paris conference became a hopeful moment for action on climate change. It looked for a moment that a truly global deal would be made. Hope was short-lived for Australia, as the reins of power changed quickly from Malcolm Turnbull to Scott Morrison, a pro-coal prime minister with no real commitment to climate policy.
You’ll hear the story first-hand from the people who were there, including: former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull; former prime minister of Tuvalu Enele Sopoaga; Guardian Australia editor, Lenore Taylor; Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy; climate campaigner Erwin Jackson; climate scientist Lesley Hughes; chief negotiator on climate for Tuvalu, Ian Fry; and head of Greenpeace International, Jennifer Morgan.
- Listen to Australia v the climate part 1: Kyoto here or in your Full Story feed
- Listen to Australia v the climate part 2: Copenhagen here or in your Full Story feed
Billed as the world’s “best, last chance” to get global heating under control, Cop26 has a big goal: to secure global net zero emissions by 2050 and keep 1.5C within reach.
Australia’s climate report card is poor, following decades of political squabbling, policy failures, leadership coups, climate scepticism and poor planning. And yet most Australians have a lived experience of the worsening climate crisis – devastating bushfires, floods, extreme weather and loss of species and habitat.
Australia v the climate looks at how we got here, what has gone wrong, and what can be done to change course.
Illustration: Ben Sanders/The Guardian
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