The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report (March 2023) stated that “there are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now.”
However, the gap between ambition and actions, including in our region, does not bode well.
Source: UN Summit: Asia-Pacific greenhouse emissions rising despite lofty ambitions – Michael West
By working with AUKUS partners, such as the UK, or with Japan, Australia is betting on the past. It’s certain that the future will be different. The time has come for Australia to make cold and rational calculations on how to adapt to this Asian century, which will bear no resemblance to the American century. AUKUS is a walk back to the past, not the future.
Source: Australia will be left stranded as a lonely Western outpost in Asia – Pearls and Irritations
Reducing the risk of Australia becoming trapped in an American war in Asia, again, requires the Australian government to give notice now to the United States that it wishes to withdraw from the FPA.
Source: The Abdication of Australian Sovereignty to the US – Pearls and Irritations
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