| A key UN climate change official says Australia is a major player and an emerging global leader in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said there was a misconception among many Australians that their nation was acting alone in combating the problem.
'Nothing could be further from reality,' she said in a speech at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney on Wednesday. 'Every one of Australia's top trading partners has something already in place.'..............................................Full Article: Source |