Letter
Donald Trump and climate change
While we are all seriously concerned about Donald Trump’s tariff war, we need to take even more seriously, his recurrent war against climate change action. His withdrawal for a second time from the global agreement on climate change action, and his interest in the promotion of company profits (including fossil fuel companies), should be deeply concerning to our nation’s leaders.
The world is already suffering deeply, from droughts, floods and fires, that are influenced by fossil fuel emissions. Our two major Australian political parties are divided on climate change action. While one is committed to renewables and batteries, with a little bit of gas, the other is talking about nuclear energy and lots of gas.
While both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have expressed their concerns about the tariff war, neither has yet said anything about the impact that American fossil fuel emissions could have on our own future. We should surely let our US “friends” know what we think about this.
— Em Prof Bob Douglas AO from Bruce, ACT