CSIRO climate cuts attack a national treasure when we need it most

Chief executive Larry Marshall is right that we need to invest in adaptation, but this requires a proper understanding of how the climate will change

The decision to gut Australia's government science agency of climate research may seem hard to fathom. But let's pause from the hyperventilation of the past week and ask whether there is an underlying logic.

Could the shift from studying how climate changes, to studying ways of mitigating and adapting to climate change, be a good thing?