Disastrous, dark shadow, destroys our economy: five climate elders on Peter Dutton's emissions stance

From Peter Garrett to Prof Lesley Hughes there is frustration, despair and 'a towering sense of anger' over the opposition leader's shift on the 2030 targetAny sense of a ceasefire in Australia's fractious climate wars was blown away this week after the Coalition said it would not back the country's 2030 emissions reduction target at the next election.Peter Dutton's declaration would mean that, if elected, a Coalition government will seek to breach a central tenet of the global Paris climate accord that countries should not "backslide" on their climate ambition. Continue reading...