Australia is wasting time debating the merits of climate change and should instead focus its attention on responding to it, a senior Cabinet minister has warned.
Australia is wasting time debating the merits of climate change and should instead focus its attention on responding to the impacts it is having on the country, a senior Liberal minister has warned.The Science Minister says the focus should be on adaptation and mitigation strategiesScience Minister Karen Andrews said it was time to move on from ideological battles, which she said had robbed the nation of the time and energy needed to respond to climate change.
"Every second that we spend talking about whether or not the climate is changing is a second that we are not spending on looking at adaptation [and] mitigation strategies," she said.Ms Andrews, a former engineer, said the science on climate change was settled."Let's not keep having debates about climate change," the Cabinet minister said.
"Let's accept that the climate has changed, the climate is changing and we need to look at what we're going to do about that."
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