Politicians’ reluctance on climate change is bizarre – action would not only be right but popular

Australians want environmental action.

 “Addressing the environmental crisis isn’t easy. A meaningful
response entails challenging powerful vested interests.

As Katharine Murphy explained a few weeks back, “private polling conducted for the environment movement and for the major parties suggests community concern about climate change is currently sitting at levels not seen since the federal election cycle in 2007”.

A survey commissioned by the Australia Institute showed the majority of voters wanted to mobilise on climate “like they mobilised everyone during the world wars”. That result was consistent around Australia, with 57% of Queenslanders and 60% of Victorians agreeing that the country faced an emergency.

The ABC Vote Compass found the environment ranked as the most important issue by 29% of respondents, up from 9% in 2016.

Why, then, aren’t we seeing the parties in a bidding war to address such concerns?

Read the story from The Guardian by Jeff Sparrow - “Politicians’ reluctance on climate change is bizarre – action would not only be right but popular.”