Article 17VTA It's three months since the Paris climate summit. What has Turnbull done? | Pia Treichel

It's three months since the Paris climate summit. What has Turnbull done? | Pia Treichel

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Pia Treichel
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The Australian government pledged support for the Paris resolutions, and three months is long enough to see which voices it is - and isn't - listening to

Globally there are many well-known names who have raised concerns about climate change: the Pope, Barack Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio, Prince Charles, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Rockefeller Foundation.

In Australia too, a broad range of voices have added their concerns and fears to the debate: firefighters who can no longer protect people or houses as we battle increasingly extreme weather conditions, 90% of Australian youth who last year said climate change was an important issue for them, farmers who see the effects of climate change on their properties every day, doctors who stress the deadly impact of heatwaves on the elderly, very young and those with existing health problems, climate scientists, David Pocock, Cate Blanchett, the tens of thousands of protestors who took to the streets in climate marches held across the country in November 2015 " the list goes on.

A global chorus of voices applauded the historic climate change agreement reached in December 2015 in Paris, including Ban Ki-moon, Francois Hollande and representatives from the nearly 200 countries who took part in the negotiations.

Related: What does the Paris climate agreement mean for Australia? | Lenore Taylor

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