Tragic lack of leadership puts red hot climate change out in the cold

Environment and climate groups publish final scorecards rating main political parties as Australians prepare to vote

If ever there was going to be a climate change election, surely this was going to be it.

As May came and the election date was announced, the implications of the global Paris agreement between more than 190 countries just months earlier were still resonating - the world was moving away from fossil fuels and the challenge to keep global warming well below 2C was agreed.