Former PMs apologise to Pacific leaders for Australia’s apathy on climate crisis

Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull lash out at Morrison government's cynical indifference' and assure Pacific leaders a majority' of Australians are in your corner'

Former Australian prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, and former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr, have accused the Morrison government of cynical indifference" and empty rhetoric" when it comes to climate action, saying the commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 was the bare minimum" that needed to be done.

The broadside came in a letter to Pacific leaders, in which the Australian politicians said they shared the alarm and disappointment" of Pacific heads of government at the suggestion Australia will not table a new and increased target for the reduction of emissions ahead of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow next month.