The drought and water resources minister, David Littleproud, has acknowledged he “totally” accepts that worsening droughts are linked to climate change, as he signalled more taxpayer support for regional communities was coming as Australia’s big dry “escalates”.
Littleproud, who stumbled last month by first telling Guardian Australia he did not know if climate change was manmade, then later clarifying he had always accepted the science on the role humans play in the climate changing, told the ABC on Sunday he understood the link between global warming and drought because “I live it”.
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| David Littleproud says he understands the link between climate change and drought because ‘I live it’. |
The minister said the government had a responsibility to deal with climate change by facing up “to try and reduce our emissions”. But he said adaptation was now the main game. “This drought in my electorate alone has been going for eight years”.
Read the story from The Guardian by Katharine Murphhy - “Water resources minister 'totally' accepts drought linked to climate change.”
(Acknowledgement of climate change is easy, acknowledging that humans are actually causing the climate to change is going to be the truly difficult step for Minster Littleproud and his “jobs and growth” rhetoric burdened government counterparts. Even more difficult for Minister Littlepround and his coalition cohort its going to be effective action to mitigate the impacts of this quickly unfolding climate crisis - Robert McLean)
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