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‘Four in five Australians feel impacts of climate change’

Published: Sep 10, 2019 Crawled: Feb 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM Length: 95 words
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Richie Merzian from The Australia Institute has told Sky News four in five Australians say they are feeling the impacts of climate change. The 2019 Climate of the Nation report found the majority of Australians wanted the government to take action, planning to phase out coal and set a national target for zero emissions by 2050. Mr Merzian said there was an overestimation around the role of coal in the economy affecting how people see the trade off between taking action to address the largest pollutant, verse moving forward. Image: Getty Read More Our Apps

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6393
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Sep 10, 2019
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Feb 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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