As four of the world’s largest oil and gas producers blocked UN climate talks from “welcoming” a key scientific report on global warming, Australia’s silence during a key debate is being viewed as tacit support for the four oil allies: the US, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Kuwait.
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| Greenpeace activists project words “No hope without climate action” on the roof of the venue of the COP24 conference in Katowice, Poland. Australia stood on the sidelines of a heated debate. |
The end of the first week of the UN climate talks – known as COP24 – in Katowice, Poland, has been mired by protracted debate over whether the conference should “welcome” or “note” a key report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Read the story from The Guardian by Ben Doherty - “Australia’s silence during climate change debate shocks COP24 delegates.”
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