Scott Morrison pressured by Britain, France and Italy to announce 'bold' climate action

Organisers of global climate summit tell Australian PM ‘there will be no space for general statements’

Britain and France are leading a group of countries calling on the Australian government to make ambitious new commitments to combat the climate crisis by next month if Scott Morrison is to speak at a global summit on the issue.

A letter sent to Morrison and other national leaders on 22 October called on countries to rebuild economies after the coronavirus “in a way that charts a greener, more resilient, sustainable path” that puts the world on track to limit global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

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