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Australia reputation hits new low over t-shirt climate diplomacy
Australia’s reputation hits a new low as poor nations take offence over its hardline attitude and negotiating behaviour. It may be grandstanding, but Australia has set itself up as the whipping boy of international climate politics. Meanwhile, Poland sacks its environment minister, who had been getting in the way of shale gas development. -
Australia turns into ‘anti-climate’ force at Warsaw
Within a week, Australia’s reputation as a constructive force in international climate negotiations has been trashed, as the Abbott government exports its hard-line domestic policy onto the international stage. This came as the UNFCCC head gave coal a dressing down at the Warsaw summit, and warned most of it may have to stay in the ground.
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