The Australian prime minister last week insisted he would address the forum to ‘correct mistruths’ about the Coalition’s action on emissions reduction
Scott Morrison does not yet have a speaker’s spot at a global climate ambition summit this weekend despite telling parliament last week he intended to use an appearance at the event to “correct mistruths” about the government’s heavily criticised record on emissions reduction.
A government spokesman on Monday night said Australia had been invited to participate in the 12 December summit “both personally by [British] prime minister Boris Johnson during a phone call with prime minister Morrison, and again in writing by the leaders of hosting nations: the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Chile and also the United Nations”.
Continue reading…The Australian prime minister last week insisted he would address the forum to ‘correct mistruths’ about the Coalition’s action on emissions reductionScott Morrison does not yet have a speaker’s spot at a global climate ambition summit this weekend despite telling parliament last week he intended to use an appearance at the event to “correct mistruths” about the government’s heavily criticised record on emissions reduction.A government spokesman on Monday night said Australia had been invited to participate in the 12 December summit “both personally by [British] prime minister Boris Johnson during a phone call with prime minister Morrison, and again in writing by the leaders of hosting nations: the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Chile and also the United Nations”. Continue reading…