Public Shame but private investment - This crowd funded billboard in New York's Times Square initiated by comedian, Dan Ilic (see below) expresses public dissatisfaction with inaction on climate by the Australian government, but private investment in renewables is soaring. As a largely arid country which is especially vulnerable to climate change, the consequences of which many citizens have already experienced at first hand, it's not surprising that large segments of the Australian population expect their government to do more to prevent further warming. A vague plan to do something by 2050 simply won't cut it any more. As mining billionaire Andrew Forrest (see below) points out, waiting too long will not only have environmental consequences but serious economic ones as well. Although a comparatively small emitter by global standards, it does have a large per capita footprint by virtue of its small population, great distances both within and to markets outside the...
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