Extract from The Guardian
Climate Action Network give unwanted prize of worst country at the talks to Australia for its ‘breathtaking ineptitude’
Protesters dressed as the Australia prime minister, Scott Morrison, and his deputy, Barnaby Joyce, are seen during a rally in Sydney while the Cop26 summit takes place in Glasgow.
Last modified on Sat 13 Nov 2021 06.57 AEDT
Australia has been named the “colossal fossil” of the Glasgow climate talks for its “appalling performance” at the summit, with activists castigating the country for its ongoing embrace of fossil fuels.
At a mock ceremony held at the Cop26 summit, activists at the Climate Action Network gave the unwanted first prize of the worst country at the talks to Australia, which had previously been named “fossil of the day” five times during the two-week UN conference.
An audience roundly booed as activists, one dressed as a dinosaur skeleton, announced that Australia had secured the dubious achievement through its “breathtaking climate ineptitude” that saw it arrive in Glasgow with a plan to get to net zero emissions that has been widely criticised as lacking any credible policy to do so.
“Their subsequent performance has resembled parts of the Australian outback, a barren wasteland devoid of any strategy, policy or idea on fossil fuels, energy or transport,” announced the activists, adding that Australia was guilty of a series of “epic fails” in its continued reliance upon coal and its defence of ongoing fossil fuel exports.
“Prime minister Scott Morrison and his merry band of fossil fools made announcements better suited to an oil, gas and coal convention,” said the organisers.
“We are truly speechless, Australia. The only good thing about Australia being at Cop is they have the best coffee at their pavilion.”
Second place was given to the US for its “grossly inadequate levels of aid” to developing countries and continued expansion of oil and gas drilling, while the UK was third for presiding over a “shambolic” Cop26 that saw long queues, lack of access for civil society and Boris Johnson flying back to London on a private jet.
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