Australia’s climate deadlock

Anna Krien.

In recent months the management of climate change has become such a partisan and confusing issue.

In the latest Quarterly Essay, Anna Krien travelled through coal country in Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef and South Australia, the place of last years blackouts to investigate how debate about climate change became climate deadlock.

Listen to Anna Krein and Phillip Adams on Radio National’s Late Night Live - “Australia’s climate deadlock.”

Exploring the psychology and politics of a warming world

The Great Barrier Reef is dying. 

Extreme weather is becoming all too familiar. And the Coalition government is divided and paralysed.

In this vivid, urgent essay, Anna Krien explores the psychology and politics of a warming world. She visits frontlines in Australia's climate wars - the Great Barrier Reef, South Australia, the Coalition party room. 

She looks at the global state of play. Talking to coal workers and scientists, lobbyists and activists, she considers where climate change is taking us, and assesses where effective action is to be found.

Hear Anna talk about her essay in Melbourne on Monday, June 19, at 6:30 pm in conversation with  Chloe Hooper at the Church of All Nations at 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton. Tickets are $25, includes a copy of the essay.

Tickets can be secured through Readings.