Cabinet papers 1992-93: Australia reluctant while world moves towards first climate treat

Paul Keating.

Cabinet papers from 1992 and 1993 released today by the National Archives of Australia confirm that Australia was a reluctant player in international discussions about climate change and environmental issues under Prime Minister Paul Keating.

Internationally, it was an exciting time for the environment. In June 1992, the UN Earth Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro. Here the world negotiated the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (which last year gave us the Paris Agreement) and opened the Convention on Biological Diversity for signing.

So what was Australia doing?

Read the piece on The Conversation by a PhD Candidate from the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester, Marc Hudson “Cabinet papers 1992-93: Australia reluctant while world moves towards first climate treat.”