Adaptation is the poor cousin of climate change policy

Announcing new climate change policies is something Australian politicians have learned to fear the most. Over the past decade, climate change politics has knocked off four prime ministers, and split political parties and allegiances apart at their core.

‘Even with the most aggressive mitigation efforts, Australian
society is already being impacted by a changing climate and
will continue to do so’.

The political risks in this election campaign are no doubt even more exacerbated, with many calling this the “climate election”. Nor is this a battle that is limited to the Green versus Labor swing seats. It is perhaps even more acute in key traditionally safe conservative seats. Buoyed by the result in the Wentworth byelection, several high profile independents are taking on Tony Abbott, Josh Frydenberg and Greg Hunt. Central to their campaign is climate change action.

Read the story from The Guardian by Rob Law - “Adaptation is the poor cousin of climate change policy.”