CANBERRA (CU)_Just a few days before flying to Glasgow for the long-awaited UN climate summit (COP26), Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison decided to join his fellow leaders in the developed world by pledging to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The commitment follows widespread criticism by the global community for the federal government’s insufficient efforts to tackle the climate crisis despite, with the Trans-Tasman nation being ranked the last out of nearly 200 countries for action taken to minimise global greenhouse gas emissions a few months ago.
Therefore, Canberra’s decision to finally commit to a net zero goal should be a cause for…
