BHP boss announces $US400m plan to combat 'indisputable' climate crisis

The mining giant's chief executive Andrew Mackenzie endorses drastic action to tackle global warming

The chief executive of the world's largest mining company has endorsed drastic action to combat global warming, which he calls "indisputable", and an emerging crisis.

"The planet will survive. Many species may not," the BHP chief executive officer, Andrew Mackenzie, told a business breakfast in London on Tuesday. "This is a confronting conclusion but as a veteran geologist once said, 'you can't argue with a rock'."