Australia not pulling its weight on climate: former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon

Andrew Thorpe
Updated August 19 2021 - 2:57pm, first published 5:25am
Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon at the COP21 Paris climate conference in 2015. Picture: Getty Images
Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon at the COP21 Paris climate conference in 2015. Picture: Getty Images

Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says Australia is not pulling its weight when it comes to either cutting carbon emissions or financing climate action in poorer countries.

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Andrew Thorpe

Andrew Thorpe

Opinion editor, producer at The Canberra Times

I edit the opinion pages and write the occasional breaking news story, feature or newsletter, in addition to being part of the production team which gets the paper out the door and manages our digital products.

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