Wesley Morgan
Senior Researcher at Climate Council
Tweets on Australia & Pacific Islands I climate change, geopolitics, diplomacy I Fellow @climatecouncil I Research fellow @GAIGriffith I Views my own
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1 week ago |
theconversation.com | Wesley Morgan |Ben Newell
An emphatic election victory for the incumbent Labor government means Australia’s rapid shift to renewable energy will continue. As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Saturday:In 2022, the Australian people voted to finally act on climate change. After three years of progress […] in 2025 they said keep going. The election result also means the debate about energy policy is now, in broad terms, over. Australia’s energy future is wind and solar, backed by storage.
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1 month ago |
theconversation.com | Wesley Morgan
Australia’s relationship with its regional neighbours could be in doubt under a Coalition government after two Pacific leaders challenged Opposition Leader Peter Dutton over his weak climate stance. This week, Palau’s president Surangel Whipps Jr suggested a 2015 gaffe by Dutton, in which he joked about rising seas lapping at the door of Pacific islanders, had not been forgotten. Speaking at a clean energy conference in Sydney, Whipps said the Pacific’s plight was “not a metaphor or a punchline.
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1 month ago |
esdnews.com.au | Wesley Morgan |UNSW Sydney |Nadia Howland
By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW SydneyOpposition Leader Peter Dutton would withdraw Australia’s bid to co-host next year’s global climate summit, COP31, if the Coalition wins the federal election. Australia has lobbied hard for the right to host the talks, known as COP31, in conjunction with Pacific nations.
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1 month ago |
tolerance.ca | Wesley Morgan |UNSW Sydney
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1 month ago |
theconversation.com | Wesley Morgan
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton would withdraw Australia’s bid to co-host next year’s global climate summit if the Coalition wins the federal election. Australia has lobbied hard for the right to host the talks, known as COP31, in conjunction with Pacific nations. Australia has emerged as a leading contender, and has the backing of most countries in its United Nations grouping, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and New Zealand.
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Peter Dutton threatens to take Australia backwards on climate - expanding gas production, weakening emissions targets and abandoning plans to host COP31 with Pacific nations. As I explain here 👇 this would undermine Australian foreign policy in our region https://t.co/kMqOwagA2Q