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Why diplomats care about climate change
14 December 2021
"Why diplomats are worried about climate change"
This article, by the convenor of Diplomats for Climate Action Now, was published in the Canberra Times today. Richard Mathews explains that our group of former diplomats are concerned that Australia's low level of ambition on climate change is becoming an obstacle in how we pursue our interests around the world. Once Australia was seen as a leading activist nation in world affairs, a model global citizen in areas as diverse as the Law of the Sea and depletion of the ozone layer. Now the world sees us as a "climate laggard".