The Australian government just announced to parliament that it does not intend to increase its climate target before the next UN climate summit in Glasgow 2021. This is devastating for global climate policy.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/26/australia-stalls-on-emissions-target-update-as-un-urges-deeper-cuts

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Australia has not exactly been a climate champion, but it's certainly plausible that the government could connect the dots between the historic wildfires and climate change. Instead the government is burying its head in the sand

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/08/27/climate-change-brought-down-another-government-in-australia-heres-what-happened/

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Countries have been due to submit new climate targets for the next UN climate summit as part of the "ratchet" process designed to increase climate mitigation ambition over time since the Paris targets aren't enough to prevent dangerous climate change

https://www.carbonbrief.org/timeline-the-paris-agreements-ratchet-mechanism

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