'From denial to delay': a forehead-slapping week in Australian climate policy

Australia sees a high-profile show of political backing for gas even as world leaders and investors exert pressure to shift away from fossil fuelsIt took a major international investment group with $279bn under its control to break through the climate-laden rhetoric of geopolitics last week.You may not have heard of Robeco Institutional Asset Management, but on Thursday the Netherlands-based asset manager made a stunning declaration, singling out Australia as a country with a "particularly high-risk profile" that it wants to pressure to transition out of fossil fuels. Continue reading...