Climate change is taking centre stage at a gathering of Asian-Pacific nations in Canberra with one delegate calling for Australia to take more leadership against the 'existential threat'
As unprecedented bushfires have seen the Morrison government under scrutiny over its climate policy, the issue of global warming has been prominent at the meeting of Asia-Pacific nations.
Jerrlyn Uduch Sengebau, from the Palau National Congress, said the meeting was a chance to pressure nations to step up their climate change response. A New Zealand MP has also urged Australia to consider reintroducing a climate change commission to remove politics from the debate. "Let's just give it to a group who can have a look at the science and go for what is the most effective."
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