The gap between Australian climate policy and the science is closing far too slowly – we have to keep up the pressure | Lenore Taylor

Tiny steps towards net zero are being undermined by new fossil fuel projects. An election year offers the chance to hold our politicians to account

Even during the summer holiday switch-off it was impossible to miss the takes about the Netflix satire Don't Look Up.

Climate scientists related to the helplessness and panic felt by the astronomers in the movie who discovered a planet killing" comet about to hit Earth, only to have their warnings mocked and ignored.