Australia ‘stuck in a polluting past’ after COP26 while other nations rise to the climate change challenge

Australia remains stuck in a polluting past while other nations rise to the challenge posed by rising temperatures, according to climate action campaigners analysing the outcome of Glasgow’s UN summit.

COP26 talks ended with a global agreement that keeps alive the goal of capping warming at 1.5C to prevent catastrophic climate change.

Dr Simon Bradshaw, head of research at the Climate Council, says 140 countries lifted their game at COP26 but…