Abstract
Australia burning
Highlights
Wildfires have been burning across Australia for months, putting the prospect of long-term damage driven by changing climatic conditions into sharp focus
Many blamed a group of coun tries that formed a coalition of the unwilling, comprising oilstate Saudi Arabia, Jair Bolsonaro’s explicitly anti-environmental Brazilian delegation, and Australia
The latter’s association with the talks’ traditional obstructionists was jarring, because while Australia’s leaders were refusing to increase their climate ambition on the global stage, back home, large swathes of their country were on fire
Summary
Wildfires have been burning across Australia for months, putting the prospect of long-term damage driven by changing climatic conditions into sharp focus. The latest round of annual UN climate talks in Madrid last December, the longest talks in history, ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Many blamed a group of coun tries that formed a coalition of the unwilling, comprising oilstate Saudi Arabia, Jair Bolsonaro’s explicitly anti-environmental Brazilian delegation, and Australia. The latter’s association with the talks’ traditional obstructionists was jarring, because while Australia’s leaders were refusing to increase their climate ambition on the global stage, back home, large swathes of their country were on fire. The blazes have serious implications for the country’s major carbon stores, which in turn makes mitigating climate change more difficult, and could have a serious impact on human health
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