Former fire chiefs call for ‘no new coal or gas’ after royal commission found climate change fuelled the black summer bushfires
Australia’s summer bushfires were fuelled by climate change and governments must respond to the royal commission into the disaster with tougher policies to reduce emissions, including “no new coal or gas”, former fire chiefs have said.
Craig Lapsley, a former Victorian emergency management commissioner, said the $10bn cost of the bushfire disaster laid out in the report was “staggering”.
Continue reading…Former fire chiefs call for ‘no new coal or gas’ after royal commission found climate change fuelled the black summer bushfiresAustralia’s summer bushfires were fuelled by climate change and governments must respond to the royal commission into the disaster with tougher policies to reduce emissions, including “no new coal or gas”, former fire chiefs have said.Craig Lapsley, a former Victorian emergency management commissioner, said the $10bn cost of the bushfire disaster laid out in the report was “staggering”. Continue reading…