Australia has long been digging up fossil fuels and now it 'digs in'

Julie Bishop - still singing from the Abbott
chorus book: coal's good for humanity

One of the big themes of the Paris climate talks has been the focus on renewable energy – wind and solar in particular – as a means to reach emission reduction pledges, and cut pollution in the cities.

Australia’s Coalition government, however, is sticking to a familiar theme: it has invested heavily in fossil fuels with long-life assets it is keen to retain and, anyway, coal is still good for humanity.

Foreign minister Julie Bishop used a forum hosted by Indonesia called “Pathways to a Sustainable Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economy” to push the case for Australian fossil fuels.

Read the RenewEconomy story - “Australia digs in on fossil fuels, sees coal as solution to hunger.”