| In another zig-zag on Australia's climate and energy policy, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he will establish a $760 million clean-energy innovation fund to invest in emerging technologies. Known as the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, the new program is a 180-degree pivot from the policies of Turnbull’s predecessor, Tony Abbott, who strongly supported Australia’s coal industry and derided efforts to set up a carbon-trading system.
Among developed economies, Australia is one of the most vulnerable to climate change, with the Great Barrier Reef suffering serious degradation, and wildfires that decimate the countryside...............................................Full Article: Source
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