For us to tackle climate change, companies need to pay their tax | Wayne Swan

Less fiscal revenue means less money for vital infrastructure and less money to prepare for the effects of natural disasters

It’s been a year of natural disasters. After Irma, Maria, Harvey, hurricane Florence left a devastating landscape in the Caribbean. Extreme temperatures across the northern hemisphere have caused devastating fires from Europe to the US. Dozens have been killed in the Philippines after typhoon Mangkhut triggered landslides.

And the worst consequences of climate change are yet to come.

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