Australia stands alone in not having a significant climate plan, says UK expert

Nigel Topping says the Morrison government will face a certain amount of pressure' at the G7 meeting in Cornwall in June

A leading UK climate official says Australia is alone among major countries in that neither its national government nor opposition have a significant climate plan, and frustrating local business leaders.

Nigel Topping, the UN's high-level champion" whose role involves global outreach to drive global ambition ahead of the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow in November, said he had not seen another country in which no major political party had a plan to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.