Julie Bishop: Coalition should lead world on climate despite 'missteps' on bushfires

Chancellor of Australian National University puts experts at government disposal to provide 'evidence-based' solutions

Australia "needs action on several fronts" following a catastrophic bushfire season, including leading international efforts against climate change and cutting emissions beyond the electricity sector, Julie Bishop has said.

Bishop, the incoming chancellor of the Australian National University, made the comments to Guardian Australia, offering to put the university's disaster management experts and more than 300 climate scientists at the federal government's disposal to provide "evidence-based" responses to the bushfires.