Australia's silence during climate change debate shocks COP24 delegates
by Ben Doherty in Katowice, Poland from on (#44N5T)
Country accused of tacitly supporting oil allies' rejection of the latest science
As four of the world's largest oil and gas producers blocked UN climate talks from "welcoming" a key scientific report on global warming, Australia's silence during a key debate is being viewed as tacit support for the four oil allies: the US, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Kuwait.
The end of the first week of the UN climate talks - known as COP24 - in Katowice, Poland, has been mired by protracted debate over whether the conference should "welcome" or "note" a key report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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