Surely, it can only be a matter of time before Scott Morrison responds to the mounting global, business, institutional, civil society, and voter pressure to listen to the science and adopt a responsible climate policy?

His intransigence is immoral, especially in stealing from future generations, ignorant, and is seriously squandering a host of opportunities for sustainable growth, investment and jobs as the basis for an effective recovery from the most challenging economic and social circumstances since at least the Great Depression.

Globally, the Biden Presidency will be a game changer, with the United States taking a leadership role on climate transition, encouraging competitive responses from many others, especially the UK, Europe, China and Japan, in the run-up to COP 26 in Glasgow late next year.

Read the full article on the Canberra Times website, authored by Dr John Hewson