Brisbane mayor Adrian Schrinner joins call for federal government to take climate action

More than 30 mayors and councillors say they should not shoulder consequences of delayed action

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Brisbane's lord mayor, Adrian Schrinner, has joined more than 30 other local government officials in a campaign to demand the federal government provide more cash to cope with disasters fuelled by the lack of action on climate change.

Weeks after devastating floods swamped parts of Queensland and New South Wales, mayors and councillors from across Australia have told the federal government they are exhausted and depleted by the lack of action on climate change.

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