Opinion

Australia's government must act now on climate, not set meaningless future targets

Nicholas Stuart
November 28 2022 - 5:30am
Climate activists protest the negative effects of climate change at the UN climate summit COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Picture Getty Images
Climate activists protest the negative effects of climate change at the UN climate summit COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Picture Getty Images

A week ago, 40 hours into extra time, the delegates meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for COP 27 finally managed to hammer out their compromise communique, setting out agreements and achievements the nations of the world are prepared to make in order to curb climate change. They needn't have bothered. Their empty words are nothing but piffle.

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Nicholas Stuart

Nicholas Stuart is a Canberra writer.

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