Australian CEOs must rupture the political stagnation to lead the charge on climate action

The unprecedented, devastating bushfires that engulfed Australia – from even before our summer began – have forever disrupted our usually laconic and relaxed memories of Christmas and New Year.

Zali Steggall (right) with members of the crossbench 
Helen Haines (left) and Rebekha Sharkie who are
introducing a climate change bill that provides an
internationally proven framework to help manage climate risk.

Those memories are instead marked by anguish, anxiety, grief and consternation about our future.

We turned to fire and emergency chiefs, tireless local volunteers, our national broadcaster and the spirit of community to find leadership in this crisis. And very late, but at last, we turned to scientists; fire, flood and climate experts; and vitally, Indigenous knowledge, to start to rebuild a sense of a path forward for our nation.

Read the opinion piece from The Guardian by Sam Mostyn - “Australian CEOs must rupture the political stagnation to lead the charge on climate action.”