Despite the Coalition’s electoral victory, strong international pressures mean climate policy will not be stuck where it is.

It’s going to be hard for those who care about and work on climate change but we must dust ourselves off, because neither despair nor emigrating to New Zealand will help solve the mess Australia’s climate policy is in.

The government has been re-elected with a minimalist climate policy and a weak emissions target, despite widespread community support for action on climate change. Where to from here?

Read the full article, written by Professor Frank Jotzo, Crawford School of Public Policy, on the Guardian's website.