GLOBAL climate change moved to the centre of the political stage this week.
In place of the usual politicians or economists, the National Press Club in
Canberra invited three of Australia’s leading climate scientists to present the
growing body of evidence that global warming is a serious issue. John Zillman of
the Bureau of Meteorology, Graeme Pearman of the CSIRO Atmospheric Research and
John Church of the Antarctic CRC argued their case before the assembled press
gallery and a national television audience.
Australia is right up with the times. When I was in Europe last week, the
news that the…
