Why is Australia so slow to act on climate change?

Australia is one of the world's biggest per-capita greenhouse gas
emitters, and a Climate Question listener wants to know why the
world isn't demanding her country do more.


Jodie lives in tropical Queensland, which she says is 'paradise',
but it's also a place affected by bushfires, drought, and
cyclones.


Prime Minister Scott Morrison says 'Australia can always be
relied upon' to deliver action on climate change, but critics at
home and abroad point to a record of over-promising and
under-delivering.


Observers also blame the country's powerful and profitable fossil
fuel industries as a reason why the Australian government has
been slow to make progress.


But is it time, as listener Jodie asks, to give her country a 'a
kick up the bum'?


Contributors: Dr Niklas Hohne, The New Climate Institute, Cologne
Greg Bourne, The Climate Council Australia


Presenters - Neal Razzell and Graihagh Jackson Reporter - Issy
Phillips, FBi Radio, Sydney


Producer – Jordan Dunbar Editor – Emma Rippon